FIA nabs ‘human smuggler’ linked to Turbat massacre

QUETTA/GUJRANWALA: The FIA arrested a ‘human smuggler’ linked with the Turbat massacre of 15 people, from Quetta on Sunday, FIA officials told Geo News.
Fifteen bullet-riddled bodies were recovered from the Buleda area of Kech district in Turbat, Balochistan, earlier this week. The victims, belonging to various areas of Punjab, had been attempting to illegally cross over into Iran and onwards to Europe. The FIA apprehended Sadiq, who is known as Talib, from Quetta, FIA’s deputy director Khalid Anees said. The suspect would impersonate as an Iranian national and illegally take people from Quetta to Iran, he said, adding, “the victims had stayed with Sadiq in Quetta”. He was arrested on the pointation of another under custody agent, Waheed. “Waheed had handed over one of the Turbat victims, Zulfiqar, to Sadiq in Quetta,” he explained.