Cop shot: Suspect sent on judicial remand

RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday sent a man accused of shooting and injuring a police constable on judicial remand. ATC-II Judge Asif Majeed Awan sent Zafar Mahmood, resident of Pirwadhai, to Adiala Jail on a 14-day remand. He was arrested by City police on Monday night after he shot and injured Constable Nazir Ahmed. The police said Mahmood was sitting on the bank of the Nullah Leh in Usmanpura area when he saw Ahmed and another constable coming on a motorcycle he opened fire at them, injuring the officer in his thigh.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 16^th, 2016.