KARACHI: A special anti-terrorist court in Karachi on Monday sent Masoom Billa alias Abu Bakar and Muhammad Muawiya, who were arrested in relation to the bomb blast targeting Sindh High Court's Justice Maqbool Baqar, on judicial remand until August 9.

The two men, associated with the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ), were produced before the court today under strict security.

During the hearing, the court directed the investigation officer to conclude the inquiry at the earliest and produce a charge sheet before it prior to the coming hearing of the case.

Also today, Muawiya told the court that the police had subjected him to torture and had damaged one of his arms.

Justice Baqar, who was the target of the June 26 attack, miraculously survived the bombing. His driver and eight security personnel escorting him died in the attack.

The blast was so powerful that one of the motorcycles of the Rangers personnel flew and landed on the roof of a mosque and the other on the roof of a nearby home.

The explosion blew the car of the justice, police mobiles and two motorcycles of Rangers into pieces. The bomb moreover caused a two feet deep crater on the spot. Windowpanes of homes and shops within the 30-metre area were shattered.

And while all the arrests made in the case have involved members of the LJ, the bombing on the contrary claimed by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).