Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Nadeem, a central leader of the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), was remanded to judicial custody till September 1 by Judicial Magistrate Central Muhammad Sohail here on Wednesday. He was arrested by the New Karachi police over the charge of planning riots in Karachi after the assassination of Allama Ali Sher Hyderi in Khairpur in an alleged suicide attack. According to remand papers, a joint police and Rangers party raided a mosque at Nagin Chowrangi. He managed to escape while some 13 activists were arrested from the spot. However, he was later apprehended from his house.