The Supreme Court’s decision in the Baldia Factory case has finally led to the release of main accused Rehman aka Bhola and Zubair alias Charya. Both MQM workers walked out of Karachi Central Jail today after 14 years in custody.
According to reports, Superintendent Central Jail Abdul Kareem Abbasi confirmed that the two men were released following completion of legal formalities after the Supreme Court acquittal. From jail, they went straight to MQM’s Bahadurabad centre. A number of party leaders were there to receive them, including Anees Qaimkhani, Sindh Assembly member Faheem Patni, Shariq Jamal, Farqan Ateeb and Umair Siddiqui.
The Supreme Court Karachi Registry issued the major ruling of Baldia Factory on June 10. A bench hearing appeals against their death sentences set aside the capital punishment and acquitted both men in the Baldia Town factory fire case. The trial court had convicted them and handed down death sentences, which they challenged in the apex court.
