Kohistan triple murder case: Five accused sent to jail on judicial remand

The officials says they will not withdraw their men until all seven suspects are arrested.


Our Correspondent January 11, 2013
A grand jirga in Palas on Thursday promised that all suspects in the murder case will be handed over to the authorities. PHOTO: FILE

KOHISTAN:


Five suspects arrested for the murder of three brothers in Gadaar village in Palas tehsil were sent on a judicial remand here on Thursday. They were produced before a senior Kohistan civil judge, where they recorded their statements and were sent to jail.


Javed, Noorul Haq, Mosam Khan, Sabeer and Jehangir were arrested on the charges of murder of Shah Faisal, Sher Wali and Safiuddin four days back and given into physical remand. The murdered men were the elder brothers of Bin Yasir and Gul Nazar, who were filmed with four women during a wedding ceremony last year.

On Thursday, the suspects said they were in Abbottabad on the day of the attack and pleaded not guilty. The court sent them all to Dasu district jail on judicial remand.



Meanwhile a grand jirga in Palas on Thursday promised that all suspects in the murder case will be handed over to the authorities. They asked that the Frontier Corps and police call back their men from the area. The meeting was attended by police officials and Frontier Corps commanders.

The officials said they will not withdraw their men until all seven suspects are arrested. In response, the jirga formed a 12-member committee of elders tasked with finding and handing over the suspects to the police in three days, District Police Officer Akbar Ali said. The authorities will start a search operation after the three-day deadline.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 11th, 2013. 

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