Shahzain Bugti
Provincial president of Jamhoori Watan Party Shahzain Bugti. — Photo by APP

QUETTA: Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) provincial president Shahzain Bugti claimed on Tuesday that the government had created fraudulent cases against him and his companions, DawnNews reported.

Speaking to media representatives after being presented before a sessions court in Quetta, Bugti said that the government was launching a propaganda campaign by registering  fake cases against them.

He accused that three of his companions, who were said to have been ‘kidnapped’ from Karachi by law enforcement agencies, were wrongly associated with the resistance movement in Lyari.

Moreover, he accused the intelligence agencies of kidnapping two more of his fellows.

The court subsequently adjourned the session till May 14 after a brief hearing. Bugti will be presented again in court in the next hearing along with his companions.

In 2010, Bugti and his companions were taken into custody by Frontier Corps (FC) personnel on charges of carrying illegal arms in their vehicles. A sessions court had released them on bail.

However, on 28 April 2012, Bugti, along with 26 guards,  was arrested again after a meeting at his residence with Balochistan Home Minister Mir Zafarullah Zehri following arrest warrants issued against him in the arms smuggling case.

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