Alleged embezzlement: Three shop workers sent to jail
Rafaqat Islam Awan told the court that the police were allegedly torturing his clients during custody
ISLAMABAD:
A magistrate on Sunday sent three men arrested for alleged embezzlement on 14-day judicial remand. Kohsar police had booked Abdullah, Zeeshan and Nadeem Hussain on May 21, after owner of the shop they worked for, in F-7 Markaz, accused them of embezzling Rs3 million. They were produced before a duty magistrate on Sunday after expiry of their physical remand and were sent to jail. On Saturday, when the suspects were produced before the Islamabad Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate (West) Adnan Rasheed, defence counsel Rafaqat Islam Awan told the court that the police were allegedly torturing his clients during custody.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 30th, 2016.
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