Baloch Council Chairperson Ahsan Baloch on Tuesday said that the security agencies have released Bebgar Imdad, a Baloch student who was taken into custody in connection with a suicide blast at the University of Karachi (KU) on April 26, according to a news outlet.
Bebgar Imdad, a student at Numl in Islamabad and a native of Balochistan’s Kech area, was picked up on April 27 from Punjab University (PU), where he was visiting a relative in hostel no.7.
Subsequently, Baloch Council activists had staged a sit-in outside the vice-chancellor’s office at PU, demanding Imdad’s release. Other civil rights activists had also joined the chorus calling for the student’s release.
Ahsan said that they would now end the sit-in and planned to hold a press conference.
Earlier, a petition seeking Imdad’s recovery was filed by his cousin in the Lahore High Court, which was informed by the city police on Monday that the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) had arrested Imdad in connection with the KU blast.
This was stated in a report that city police had submitted to the LHC on the court’s directives.
The report said PU chief security officer retired Colonel Abdullah was contacted by the Lahore police for verification of an application filed against the alleged abduction. However, the report added, the security officer confirmed the arrest of the student by the CTD.
The report said the security officer had assisted the police team in arresting Imdad.
