Islamabad standoff: Sikandar's wife sent on 2-day physical remand

Islamabad gunman Muhammad Sikandar’s wife Kanwal was sent on an additional two-day physical remand, Express News reported Monday.

She was earlier sent on a seven-day physical remand and a one-day transit remand prior to that. Upon the end of the seven-day remand, she was taken to an anti-terrorism court. Following the judge's ruling, Kanwal was taken for an additional two-day physical remand.

On August 15, Sikandar had shut down the heart of the heavily guarded capital for five hours in a standoff that ended with him being shot and wounded.

Waving two semi-automatic guns and occasionally firing into the air, Sikandar was accompanied by his wife and children throughout the tense drama that took place close to Islamabad’s political quarter.

In a statement to police, Kanwal, who was also injured by a misfired bullet from Sikandar’s gun during the final showdown, said they had been in Islamabad for a couple of days and stayed at a hotel in Aabpara. She said her husband had been a serious drug addict up until 2009 but had later sought treatment for his addiction.

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