Bakery torture case: Shahbaz’s son-in-law granted bail
Ali Imran wins bail a day after he was remanded in judicial custody.
LAHORE:
Judicial Magistrate Yalmaz Ghani on Friday granted after-arrest bail to Ali Imran Yousaf, son-in-law of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, against furnishing of bail bond of Rs50,000 in connection with the bakery torture case.
Zafar Hussain, Ali Imran’s security guard, and seven elite force officials namely Muhammad Riaz, Yousaf, Mohsan, Maqsood, Fareed, Nawab Din and Khalil Ahmed were released on bail.
According to details, a woman entered a bakery shop in the remit of Defence B police to purchase a cake where an employee named Irfan told her to come after a while as the shop was closed for cleaning. Upon being refused, the woman flared up and left the shop. Later, Irfan was assaulted at the hands of the security guard and seven elite force officials.
The police, however, made no effort to identify the female customer, who was allegedly Ali Imran’s wife.
Ali Imran went to the police station and surrendered himself, stating that the incident took place on his instructions.
On Thursday, Ali Imran was presented before a magistrate’s court where the judge sent him on judicial remand.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 20th, 2012.
Judicial Magistrate Yalmaz Ghani on Friday granted after-arrest bail to Ali Imran Yousaf, son-in-law of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, against furnishing of bail bond of Rs50,000 in connection with the bakery torture case.
Zafar Hussain, Ali Imran’s security guard, and seven elite force officials namely Muhammad Riaz, Yousaf, Mohsan, Maqsood, Fareed, Nawab Din and Khalil Ahmed were released on bail.
According to details, a woman entered a bakery shop in the remit of Defence B police to purchase a cake where an employee named Irfan told her to come after a while as the shop was closed for cleaning. Upon being refused, the woman flared up and left the shop. Later, Irfan was assaulted at the hands of the security guard and seven elite force officials.
The police, however, made no effort to identify the female customer, who was allegedly Ali Imran’s wife.
Ali Imran went to the police station and surrendered himself, stating that the incident took place on his instructions.
On Thursday, Ali Imran was presented before a magistrate’s court where the judge sent him on judicial remand.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 20th, 2012.