Pakistan, KKarachi: At least 8 more persons were rounded up in connection with riots and arson inflicted following Karachi bombing at Asuhra procession on M.A Jinnah Road.
According to police sources, those apprehended were allegedly accused of triggering riots and setting ablaze many government and private vehicles, shops located in Bolton and Light House Markets, buildings and ransacking banks after bomb attack at main Ashura procession on M.A. Jinnah Road on 10th of Muharram.
The arrests were made following information sought from CCTV footages obtained from city government and on indications of many onlooker eyewitnesses, police sources claimed.
According to the information released from police sources, the nabbed accused persons were identified as Adnan, Waqas alias Wikki, Ali, Waleed and others who have been kept in detention at Kharadar police station.
Police also claimed recovery of robbed goods and other materials from their possession meanwhile, more arrests have been made from separate parts of metropolis including Ancholi, Samanabad, Peoples Chowrangi, Gulistan-e-Johar, Malir and Jafar Tayyar areas.
However, denying any likeliness of torture on held alleged culprits, police said they will only be investigated.
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