Rape, murder suspects remanded in police custody

Karachi

KARACHI: An antiterrorism court remanded on Wednesday two suspects in police custody in a case about kidnapping, rape and murder of a minor girl.

The police arrested both the suspects on Aug 4 for allegedly raping and killing a seven-year-old girl after abducting her for ransom last week in Abdullah Shah Ghazi Goth, and produced them in court to seek their remand for questioning.

The judge Bashir Ahmed Khoso of ATC-I handed them over to police on physical remand till Aug 17 and directed the investigating officer to reproduce them on next date of hearing along with a progress report.

The court had also remanded another suspect in the case in police custody a couple of days ago.

A case was registered under Sections 302 (premeditated murder), 363 (kidnapping), 365-A (kidnapping for extorting property etc.), 376-II (gang rape) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code read with Section 7 of Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 at the Sachal police station.

Former officials remanded

An anti corruption court remanded on Wednesday two former administrators of a housing society in the custody of anti-corruption establishment in corruption cases.

The ACE arrested Altaf Hussain Memon and Akhtar Pathan, former administrators of the Quetta Town Cooperative Housing Society, for allegedly embezzling Rs15 million by fraudulently issuing cheques in the name of fake accounts in collusion with their subordinates. he investigating officer produced the suspects in the court and sought their custody for questioning.

The judge of special provincial anti-corruption court judge Gulshan Ara Chandio handed them over to ACE on physical remand till Aug 7.

They have separately been booked under Sections 409 (criminal breach of trust), 467 (forgery for valuable security), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan penal code read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act at ACE police station.

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Abuse of power: Police constable remanded in acid attack case

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court remanded on Wednesday a man who allegedly threw acid on his ex-fiancée burning 80 per cent of her body because she broke off their engagement.

The suspect, Zeeshan Umar alias Ali, who is a police constable, was booked after a complaint was lodged against him of injuring the 19-year-old girl, her brother Jan Muhammad and her seven-month-old nephew Muhammad Hadi in an acid attack.

According to the complainant, who is the brother-in-law of the victim, Umar was engaged to the girl a year ago but they ended their relationship after two months over some differences. Since then, the suspect, misusing his power, kept threatening the girl and her family. He even blackmailed her, despite which she continued to ignore him.

On July 17, she found Umar and his friend Agha Sohrab waiting at her doorstep in Gulzar-e-Hijri. The suspect allegedly yelled at the girl and said that she would die for breaking off their engagement. He then threw acid on her face that also fell on her brother and seven-month-old nephew. She sustained the most severe burn injuries. Both the suspects fled the scene.

The FIR registered under Sections 324, attempted murder, 336-B, destroying or permanently impairing the functioning power or capacity of an organ of the body of another person or causing permanent disfigurement and 34, common intention, of the Pakistan Penal Code read with Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act was lodged at the Mubina Town police station, a day after the incident.

After hearing the prosecution plea, ATC-I judge Bashir Ahmed Khoso sent the suspect to police custody on a three-day physical remand. The papers submitted to the court labeled Sohrab an absconding suspect. The judge asked the investigators to submit a progress report on next hearing of the case on July 25.

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