Bakery beating case: Shahbaz Sharif’s son-in-law sent on 14-day remand
Court adjourn proceedings regarding CM Punjab's son-in-law Ali Imran's bail plea till October 18.
LAHORE:
A Lahore court sent Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s son-in-law, Ali Imran, on a 14-day judicial remand on Thursday in a case regarding the torture of an employee at a bakery in Lahore, Express News reported.
The court adjourned proceedings regarding his bail plea till October 18.
Imran was presented before the court of Judicial Magistrate Yalmas Ghani amid tightened security. A heavy contingent of police was deployed at and around the court’s premises.
Police prayed to the court to send the chief minister’s son-in-law on remand.
Imran’s lawyers submitted a bail application in court. The court adjourned the hearing till tomorrow and issued notices to all respondents in the case.
Sharif’s son-in-law was arrested on Wednesday after he recorded his statement at the Defence B Police Station in the same case.
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had earlier ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident.
According to the First Information Report lodged under sections 148, 149 and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Pakistan Penal Code, complainant Umer Hussain stated that he ran the confectionary, ‘Sweet Tooth’, in T-Block market.
On October 7, a woman came to the shop and asked for a cake; however, the shop was closed for cleaning. The employees asked her to come later when the shop would be open. Two men, who appeared to be bodyguards of the woman, misbehaved with an employee named Irfan and left with warnings of dire consequences, Hussain added.
On the same day, the guards visited the bakery along with another man, identified the worker and escorted him outside the shop. Around six to seven Elite Force officials, who were present outside the bakery, started beating up Irfan and threatened him further.
A Lahore court sent Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s son-in-law, Ali Imran, on a 14-day judicial remand on Thursday in a case regarding the torture of an employee at a bakery in Lahore, Express News reported.
The court adjourned proceedings regarding his bail plea till October 18.
Imran was presented before the court of Judicial Magistrate Yalmas Ghani amid tightened security. A heavy contingent of police was deployed at and around the court’s premises.
Police prayed to the court to send the chief minister’s son-in-law on remand.
Imran’s lawyers submitted a bail application in court. The court adjourned the hearing till tomorrow and issued notices to all respondents in the case.
Sharif’s son-in-law was arrested on Wednesday after he recorded his statement at the Defence B Police Station in the same case.
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had earlier ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident.
According to the First Information Report lodged under sections 148, 149 and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Pakistan Penal Code, complainant Umer Hussain stated that he ran the confectionary, ‘Sweet Tooth’, in T-Block market.
On October 7, a woman came to the shop and asked for a cake; however, the shop was closed for cleaning. The employees asked her to come later when the shop would be open. Two men, who appeared to be bodyguards of the woman, misbehaved with an employee named Irfan and left with warnings of dire consequences, Hussain added.
On the same day, the guards visited the bakery along with another man, identified the worker and escorted him outside the shop. Around six to seven Elite Force officials, who were present outside the bakery, started beating up Irfan and threatened him further.