Imran Farooq case: ATC grants seven-day remand of suspects

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday remanded three suspects in the Imran Farooq murder case to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for a week. ATC-I Judge Kausar Abbas allowed the seven-remand of Moazzam Ali Khan, Khalid Shamim and Mohsin Ali, after they made an appearance in the court amid tight security. The suspects were earlier on a one-day transitory remand granted by a sessions court. Paramilitary Rangers soldiers and law enforcement personnel were deployed in and around the court when the suspects were brought to the court. Rangers did not allow the media inside the courtroom.  On December 5, the FIA had registered a case against MQM chief Altaf Hussain and five other party leaders for their alleged involvement in the 2010 murder of Dr Imran Farooq. Farooq was stabbed and bludgeoned to death near his apartment in Green Lane, Edgware, in London.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 8^th,  2015.