Prime suspect’s wife remanded into judicial custody
Halima was found dead in her flat in Delhi Colony on May 31 while her child was left at Edhi Centre by a man
Halima was found dead in her flat in Delhi Colony on May 31 while her child was left at Edhi Centre by a man. PHOTO: COURTESY EDHI FOUNDATION
KARACHI:
A judicial magistrate remanded on Saturday a suspect into judicial custody for four days in a case pertaining to the mysterious death of a woman.
Halima was found dead in her flat in Delhi Colony on May 31 while her four-year-old son, Abdullah, was left at Edhi Centre by a man, Rizwan Ayaz Khan, five days before that. He had claimed that the child was found ‘abandoned’ near Do Darya.
The police presented Sonia, Khan’s wife, before the District South judicial magistrate on the expiry of her physical remand. During the hearing, the suspect’s attorney filed a bail application on her behalf and submitted that though his client knew the deceased, she was not involved in her murder.
The lawyer also referred to the police investigations asserting that his client’s role was not found in the probe. He added that his client fully cooperated with the investigators and went to the police herself to record her statement.
Suspect sent on remand in Delhi Colony murder case
On the other hand, the public prosecutor assigned the case opposed the suspect’s bail application and insisted that it should be dismissed as the police probe has not yet been completed. He also pleaded to the judge to send her to police custody on physical remand for two more days.
The judge ordered that Sonia’s seven-year-old daughter, who was allowed to live with her at the police station during a previous hearing, should be handed over to her grandmother.
Child custody
Meanwhile, a family court adjourned the hearing of an application moved by a man claiming to be the father of Abdullah, after the Edhi Foundation opposed it. The child is currently residing at the foundation.
Body found in Delhi Colony may be mother of child ‘found’ at Do Darya
Chaudhry Mohammad Iqbal, through his lawyer, had moved an application under Section 25 of Guardian and Ward Act seeking the custody of the four-year-old. Making the Edhi Foundation the respondent, he had pleaded to the court to decide the matter, claiming that he was the natural and legal guardian of the child.
Rizwan Edhi, an official at the charity organisation, however opposed the plea arguing that the applicant had not provided any proof of his relationship with the child. He recommended a DNA test be conducted to confirm the boy’s parenthood.
After hearing the arguments, the court adjourned the matter till June 15 and ruled that during this time the child will stay with the Edhi Foundation.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 12th, 2016.
A judicial magistrate remanded on Saturday a suspect into judicial custody for four days in a case pertaining to the mysterious death of a woman.
Halima was found dead in her flat in Delhi Colony on May 31 while her four-year-old son, Abdullah, was left at Edhi Centre by a man, Rizwan Ayaz Khan, five days before that. He had claimed that the child was found ‘abandoned’ near Do Darya.
The police presented Sonia, Khan’s wife, before the District South judicial magistrate on the expiry of her physical remand. During the hearing, the suspect’s attorney filed a bail application on her behalf and submitted that though his client knew the deceased, she was not involved in her murder.
The lawyer also referred to the police investigations asserting that his client’s role was not found in the probe. He added that his client fully cooperated with the investigators and went to the police herself to record her statement.
Suspect sent on remand in Delhi Colony murder case
On the other hand, the public prosecutor assigned the case opposed the suspect’s bail application and insisted that it should be dismissed as the police probe has not yet been completed. He also pleaded to the judge to send her to police custody on physical remand for two more days.
The judge ordered that Sonia’s seven-year-old daughter, who was allowed to live with her at the police station during a previous hearing, should be handed over to her grandmother.
Child custody
Meanwhile, a family court adjourned the hearing of an application moved by a man claiming to be the father of Abdullah, after the Edhi Foundation opposed it. The child is currently residing at the foundation.
Body found in Delhi Colony may be mother of child ‘found’ at Do Darya
Chaudhry Mohammad Iqbal, through his lawyer, had moved an application under Section 25 of Guardian and Ward Act seeking the custody of the four-year-old. Making the Edhi Foundation the respondent, he had pleaded to the court to decide the matter, claiming that he was the natural and legal guardian of the child.
Rizwan Edhi, an official at the charity organisation, however opposed the plea arguing that the applicant had not provided any proof of his relationship with the child. He recommended a DNA test be conducted to confirm the boy’s parenthood.
After hearing the arguments, the court adjourned the matter till June 15 and ruled that during this time the child will stay with the Edhi Foundation.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 12th, 2016.