ATC extends physical remand of motorway ‘rapist’

Prosecution argued before the court that police recovered the club used to smash the car window

LAHORE:

An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday extended physical remand of Shafqat Ali alias Bagga, the co-accused in motorway gang rape case, for another ten days.

Accountability Court Judge Arshad Hussain Bhutta conducted the case proceedings, wherein police produced the accused on expiry of his physical remand.

A prosecution argued before the court that the police recovered the club used to smash the car window but further custody was required for recovering victim's cash and ATM card.

He pleaded the court for extending physical remand of the accused for another 15 days. At this, the court extended physical remand for ten days and ordered for producing the accused on November 7.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 29^th, 2020.