KARACHI: Key suspect in a 2012 factory fire that had killed 250 labourers in Pakistan, Former Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Hammad Siddiqui, was arrested in Dubai and handed over to Pakistan, a private news channel claimed on Friday
Siddiqui was arrested around two months ago, and according to Geo News, he was handed over to Pakistan by UAE authorities.
Quoting unnamed sources, Geo News said that the “deportation” of Mr Siddiqui, a key suspect in the 2012 Baldia factory fire in which over 250 labourers were killed, was conducted not through standard operating procedures, but by mutual intelligence coordination between Pakistan and the UAE.
“Interpol handed over Mr Siddiqui to a “Pakistani intelligence agency last night” and he was moved to Islamabad. However, Pakistani diplomatic officials in the UAE maintained silence on the development,” the report said
Siddiqui was expelled from the party in May 2013 by MQM founder Altaf Hussain and after that he immediately left the country.
