District courts incident: Police obtain physical remand of assailants
A criminal case has been registered against 12 suspects.
RAWALPINDI:
The Civil Lines police here on Sunday obtained a one-day physical remand of three people arrested for the killings of four men in court premises. The suspects will be produced before the Anti-terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday.
Safeer, Sadiq, Khizer Sher and Asif Sheikh were produced before the court of area magistrate by Civil Lines Police Station House Officer Raja Mussadaq, who gave the police a one-day physical remand of the suspects.
Earlier, the police registered a criminal case against 12 people for the attack on Saturday, where four attackers gunned down their three rivals and a passerby in an act of revenge.
The police arrested three of the attackers, while the fourth is still on the run. The case was registered on the complaints of Chaudhry Nisar Ali, the elder brother of Chaudhry Shaukat Ali, one of the victims.
He also nominated Ali Asghar, Atif Mehmood, Taj Muhammad, Zareef Khan, Muhammad Adil, Safeer Ahmed, Muhammad Kabeer, Qaiser and Shama Khatoon in the First Information Report.
The funeral prayers of the deceased were offered at Dhoke Elahi Baksh, where fear and panic is widespread as the vendetta between the two sides has caused six deaths so far.
Security measures discussed
Meanwhile, Lahore High Court Registrar Sohail Nasir held three different meetings with the city police officer, district administration and the District Bar Association to discuss the security arrangements after the gruesome incident.
Following the meetings, the head of Rawalpindi police removed all policemen deputed in judicial lockups where under-trial prisoners are kept.
The police also suspended the staff of police posts at district courts.
All the entry points of the court have been closed down except for three, which will be guarded by armed policemen carrying metal detectors and walk-through gates.
Nasir constituted a committee comprising revenue officials, judicial officials and representatives of the District Bar.
The committee will review security measures for the district courts every month and report on the issue to the district and sessions judge.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 14th, 2011.
The Civil Lines police here on Sunday obtained a one-day physical remand of three people arrested for the killings of four men in court premises. The suspects will be produced before the Anti-terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday.
Safeer, Sadiq, Khizer Sher and Asif Sheikh were produced before the court of area magistrate by Civil Lines Police Station House Officer Raja Mussadaq, who gave the police a one-day physical remand of the suspects.
Earlier, the police registered a criminal case against 12 people for the attack on Saturday, where four attackers gunned down their three rivals and a passerby in an act of revenge.
The police arrested three of the attackers, while the fourth is still on the run. The case was registered on the complaints of Chaudhry Nisar Ali, the elder brother of Chaudhry Shaukat Ali, one of the victims.
He also nominated Ali Asghar, Atif Mehmood, Taj Muhammad, Zareef Khan, Muhammad Adil, Safeer Ahmed, Muhammad Kabeer, Qaiser and Shama Khatoon in the First Information Report.
The funeral prayers of the deceased were offered at Dhoke Elahi Baksh, where fear and panic is widespread as the vendetta between the two sides has caused six deaths so far.
Security measures discussed
Meanwhile, Lahore High Court Registrar Sohail Nasir held three different meetings with the city police officer, district administration and the District Bar Association to discuss the security arrangements after the gruesome incident.
Following the meetings, the head of Rawalpindi police removed all policemen deputed in judicial lockups where under-trial prisoners are kept.
The police also suspended the staff of police posts at district courts.
All the entry points of the court have been closed down except for three, which will be guarded by armed policemen carrying metal detectors and walk-through gates.
Nasir constituted a committee comprising revenue officials, judicial officials and representatives of the District Bar.
The committee will review security measures for the district courts every month and report on the issue to the district and sessions judge.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 14th, 2011.