Terrorism case: Court questions whereabouts of accused bomber
Medical examination says suspected militant is 13 years old
PESHAWAR:
Hearing a case into the arrests of two suspected suicide bombers, an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday issued a notice to the city police officer (CCPO) to submit a reply about why only one of the accused has been produced before court.
Police arrested two suspected militants Bilal, 13, and Jahangir, 20, with a suicide vest within the jurisdiction of the Sarband police station on Tuesday night. Initially the police said that Bilal was 12 years old, but on Wednesday ATC Judge Ibrahim Khan said that his age must be verified before investigations are carried forward. Khan overruled the police’s request to send Bilal on a six-day remand.
After a medical examination, Bilal was declared to be 13 and was brought before the court on Thursday. He is now under police custody.
Since Jahangir was once again not brought before the court, ATC Judge issued a notice to CCPO Imtiaz Altaf for his reply. The notice was issued upon media reports stating that two people were arrested from the spot.
In another case, the ATC sent Roman, a man accused of transporting 600 kilogrammes of explosives, on a five-day physical remand.
The explosive material seized on Wednesday includes 4,560 dynamites and 9,750 detonators.The vehicle coming from Khyber Agency was stopped on Ring Road and the driver was arrested.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 23rd, 2012.
Hearing a case into the arrests of two suspected suicide bombers, an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday issued a notice to the city police officer (CCPO) to submit a reply about why only one of the accused has been produced before court.
Police arrested two suspected militants Bilal, 13, and Jahangir, 20, with a suicide vest within the jurisdiction of the Sarband police station on Tuesday night. Initially the police said that Bilal was 12 years old, but on Wednesday ATC Judge Ibrahim Khan said that his age must be verified before investigations are carried forward. Khan overruled the police’s request to send Bilal on a six-day remand.
After a medical examination, Bilal was declared to be 13 and was brought before the court on Thursday. He is now under police custody.
Since Jahangir was once again not brought before the court, ATC Judge issued a notice to CCPO Imtiaz Altaf for his reply. The notice was issued upon media reports stating that two people were arrested from the spot.
In another case, the ATC sent Roman, a man accused of transporting 600 kilogrammes of explosives, on a five-day physical remand.
The explosive material seized on Wednesday includes 4,560 dynamites and 9,750 detonators.The vehicle coming from Khyber Agency was stopped on Ring Road and the driver was arrested.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 23rd, 2012.