A TV Grab of Uzair Baloch. (Image: TV Grab/ CNN-News18)
New Delhi: The Pakistan Army has taken custody of Karachi-based underworld don Uzair Baloch who they claim was helping Kulbhushan Jadhav spy against the country.
Media reports in Pakistan said the Army took custody of Uzair Baloch on espionage charges.
Uzair Baloch, the son of a transporter, earned notoriety in Lyari–a Karachi neighbourhood is known for gang wars among the various ethnic communities of Baloch, Pashtuns and Mohajirs — after the killing of Rehman Baloch in an alleged encounter with police in 2009.
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Baloch is allegedly involved in extortion, attacks on security personnel and spying for foreign intelligence agencies. He is booked in over 100 cases involving murders, attempted murders, extortion, arms smuggling, attacks on police and Rangers and spying for foreign intelligence agencies.
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Baloch is also accused of working for Baloch separatist organisations and had fled Pakistan following the launch of an operation in Karachi against criminal gangs in 2013.
The Pakistan Army reportedly suspects Baloch was in contact with foreign intelligence agencies, including alleged R&AW ‘operative’ Jadhav and an Iranian spy agency. He will be tried by a military court on charges of espionage.
Source: News18