Karachi court indicts Anmol alias Pinky over man’s death from drug overdose

In a case linked to the death of a man from an overdose in Lyari, a sessions court in Karachi on Tuesday indicted alleged drug baroness Anmol, also known as Pinky. The district and sessions judge (South) took up the matter for indictment, with the suspect appearing via video link. The judge read out charges against her, to which Pinky pleaded not guilty and decided to contest them.

The court adjourned the hearing until September 3 and summoned prosecution witnesses to record their statements. Initially registered at Baghdadi police station on May 9 on murder charges, the case was later amended to include manslaughter under Section 322 of the Pakistan Penal Code based on a medical examination report of the deceased.

Pinky was nominated based on the complaint of an individual who saw the deceased's body on the footpath, mentioning a tin box with Pinky's name printed on it. However, despite the prosecution raising concerns about lacunae in the investigation and advising the IO to continue the probe, the IO proceeded to charge Pinky with manslaughter without substantial evidence.

The source stated that the identity and whereabouts of the deceased's relatives remained unknown, and while narcotic substances were detected in the deceased's blood samples, the post-mortem examination could not determine the exact cause of death due to the absence of poisonous or toxic substances.