Muhammad Sikandar, the notorious gunman responsible for the infamous ‘Islamabad standoff’ on August 15 and his wife Kanwal. PHOTO: ZAFAR ASLAM
It was reported that Sikandar denied all allegations against him.
On November 26, Islamabad police had submitted a challan in a court against Sikandar, accusing him of putting lives of innocent people in danger and of using children as human shield. He was also accused of the unlawful use of weapons in the challan.
Around 30 witnesses had recorded statements against Sikandar.
The standoff
On August 15, Sikandar, armed with two sub-machine guns and accompanied with his wife and two children, had driven into the middle of the Constitution Avenue in the evening, where he fired on the police and started a stand off.
Sikandar was finally arrested after six hours but not before receiving bullet wounds from security personnel. He was taken into custody and hospitalised at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences.
His wife Kanwal was released on bail from the Central Jail Rawalpindi (also known as Adiala Jail) on October 23. Express News correspondent Imran Asghar had reported that Kanwal was originally indicted by the police for assisting her husband in a terrorist act and obstructing the action of law enforcement groups during the incident.
However, Kanwal’s lawyer had contested that she was a victim herself, used by her husband for his own ends. After due proceedings on the case, the Islamabad High Court had approved Kanwal’s bail application at Rs200,000 in surety bonds.
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Sikandar's wife should be freed as she only act on her husband's advise. she didn;t even know what is punishment for keeping illegal weapon.
GTA Islamabad Characters got what they deserve
He put the security in an embarrassing situation for hours. They could not shoot him in the presence of wife and children. Moreover the media started live transmission of full drama.
the denial of allegations is laughable at the least.
The whole world saw it along with hundreds of eye witness crowd.
He can still go scot free though, we all have seen what happened after lal masjid standoff. All sikandar needs to do is to grow beard.
@Ajab Khan Baloch: But not Musharraf, Ironic isn't it..........
another truck ki lal batti manouvre by NS Govt. after the failed Musharraf trial tamasha
My vote for Sikandar :p
he may eventually walk free out of the court on account of "lack of evidence". What a country!!!
Great. Every one who breaks the law should be punished according to the law