Double murder case: Suspects remanded into police custody

KARACHI: The anti-terrorism courts' administrative judge remanded on Tuesday a teenage girl and her 'boyfriend' in police custody for two weeks in a double murder case.

The police produced the couple before the judge seeking their physical remand for investigation purposes.

They have been accused of murdering the girl's sister, Sunbal, and sister-in-law, Sadaf, over a dispute at their house in Orangi Town.

The investigating officer told the judge that the dagger allegedly used in the crime was recovered from the suspect and he had also admitted his guilt in the initial investigations.  The officer  sought more time to complete the investigations after which the judge sent both the suspects in police custody on physical remand for 14 days.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 7^th, 2016.