Five cops remanded in encounter case
Over 71,000 prisoners and under-trials are currently held across Punjab's 45 jails, including 68,570 men and 1,310 women. PHOTO: FILE
A court has handed over police personnel involved in an encounter in Kasur to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on five-day physical remand.
The FIA presented the arrested former SHO Hassan Imran, check post in-charge Tariq Mahmood, Sub-Inspector Muhammad Sadiq and Constables Muhammad Ishtiaq and Yaqub in the court of Senior Civil Judge Ehsan Sabir.
The investigation officer requested their 14-day physical. The court, while handing over the personnel to the FIA on physical remand, also ordered their medical examination.
A murder case has been registered against them under the Torture and Custodial Death Act.
The case had been transferred to the Gujranwala FIA in April.