He was arrested again by the FIU Field Intelligence Unit of Pakistan Army's Brigadier Imtiaz Ahmed Billa from Karachi on July 30, 1980, along with Professor Jamal Naqvi, Amarlal, Kamal Warsi and Shabbir Shar, who were later joined by Sohail Sangi, Badar Abro and others.
Sangi was arrested in July 1980 and he along with Jam Saqi, Prof Jamal Naqvi, Badar Abro, Kamal Warsi and Shabbir Shar was tried by Special Military court in 1982-83 for bringing socialist revolution in Pakistan.