Indian Children Produced in City Court

Daily News (15 March 2006)

KARACHI, the judicial magistrate 4, Karachi west after hearing the arguments presented by the legal team of the Ansar Burney trust international for the early release and repatriation of two underage Indian children currently in a Pakistani prison, has remanded the judicial custody till 22nd march for a further hearing.

The police on Tuesday produced the custody of Piwash Ramjee (7) and the Bharat Baboo (8) before the judicial magistrate, Irshad Hussain, in handcuffs. Ansar Burney trust international lawyers of human rights basis appeared before the court and move an application for the release of the two Indian children for their early repatriation and rehabilitation in India. The court after hearing the lawyers of ansar Burney trust adjourned the matter till 22nd march for further records & comments from the Sindh home department.

In this application before the court, Ansar Burney Advocate said that the two underage children were not aware of any crime at the time of their arrest; neither were they involved in any crime. He said that the two Indian children aged 7 & 8 were arrested along with 15 male persons in the Pakistani sea area while fishing on the 24th November 05 and were sent to prison by the authorities.

Earlier, the Vice-Chairman of the Trust Syed Fahad Burney and Syed Sarim Burney provided foods, sweets, new cloths and toys to the two Indian children. The children, 7 year old Piwash Ramjee and 8 year old Bharat Baboo, were arrested and detained under the foreigners act and were not aware of any crime that they had committed as they assumed that they fishing in Indian waters.  

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