Magistrate sends six on physical remand
Jawwad said the provincial government had formed a committee to identify businesses being established in the locality instead of implementing the court order in its letter and spirit. PHOTO: FILE
Judicial Magistrate Hassan Sarfraz Cheema handed over six suspects to the police on three-day physical remand in the case of assault on a woman TikToker at Greater Iqbal Park on August 14.
The suspects identified as Arsalan, Abid, Iftikhar Asad, Sheharyar, Mehran and Muhammad Sajid were brought from jail and produced before the magistrate, where the police sought their physical remand to probe the matter for recording their stance.
The magisterial court reserved the decision and later handed them over to the police of the area concerned on physical remand.
As the proceedings commenced, the judge asked about the role of the suspects in the case. One of them told the court that that he was not involved in the harassment incident.
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Another claimed that he was a labourer and had been called by the police to Greater Iqbal Park. When he reached there, he was arrested.
A suspect told the court that he had visited Greater Iqbal Park but had nothing to do with the case or the TikToker.
In earlier proceedings, the magisterial court ordered release of 98 suspects who could not be identified in Camp Jail during identification parade held for the complainant.
Later, another magistrate ordered release of 53 suspects of arson and jumping from an iron fence during the incident after they could not be identified.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 7th, 2021.