Sameer is to be questioned in prison as police investigate alleged riders, the drug supply chain and the financial trail
Karachi’s Darakhshan and Garden police have intensified operations against facilitators of alleged “cocaine queen” Anmol alias Pinky after a district and judicial court on Thursday gave permission to arrest and question a key suspect in two cases.
The court allowed the police to arrest and investigate Muhammad Sameer, said to be a close associate of Pinky, in connection with the cases. The investigating officer was asked to conduct his interrogation in the central jail where he is currently lodged.
According to police, Sameer was arrested in June 2021 in a hashish enforcement case and remains in custody. Meanwhile, Pinky is in police custody.
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During the interrogation, Pinky allegedly revealed the names of riders involved in the supply of narcotics, including Sameer. Police said the suspect allegedly used a motorcycle to deliver drugs and also handled the transfer of the proceeds of drug sales through bank accounts.
Police said further questioning of the suspect is needed and sought his remand for investigation.
Separately, the complainant in the murder case against Pinky failed to appear in court to record his statement under section 164.
According to the written procedure issued by the trial judge for District South at the Judicial Complex in the Central Jail, the complainant was scheduled to record his statement in the case, but he did not appear.
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Court sources said the complainant could not attend the proceedings due to the illness of a parent.
Subsequently, the trial judge left the Judicial Complex without recording the statement. The head of the investigation and the lawyers also did not appear in court.
The special public prosecutor Shakeel Abbasi stated that the complainant in the case was a social worker.
