- Police sought 14-day remand of Shah in KU professor threats case.
- Court docket orders medical examination of Shah earlier than subsequent listening to.
- Police informed to not topic Shah to torture or illegal therapy.
KARACHI: A judicial Justice of the Peace in Malir on Friday handed over suspect Konain Shah to police on a three-day bodily remand in a case involving threats revamped the cellphone to College of Karachi professor Dr Muhammad Arif Khan Saqi.
Shah was produced earlier than an area court docket in Karachi, the place police sought his 14-day bodily remand. The judicial Justice of the Peace rejected the request and granted the police three-day bodily remand as an alternative.
The court docket additionally rejected Shah’s software searching for his launch within the threats case.
The native court docket additional directed police to not topic the suspect to any type of torture or illegal therapy throughout custody and ordered that he endure a medical examination earlier than the following listening to.
The event comes a day after Shah, who was concerned within the assault and wrongful confinement of KU professor Saqi and his nephew, was arrested by Karachi police within the threats case.
Police mentioned Shah was arrested regardless of having obtained bail as a result of they feared he would possibly flee the town.
Shah had secured interim pre-arrest bail from an extra district and classes court docket in Malir a day in the past. The court docket granted him bail towards surety bonds of Rs20,000 and directed him to affix the investigation.
It additionally summoned the investigating officer and adjourned additional proceedings on the bail software till September 21.
The case
The case pertains to an incident close to Safoora Chowrangi wherein Dr Saqi was assaulted following a collision between the double-cabin automobile and the web taxi wherein he was travelling.
Police later established that the automobile carrying Dr Saqi was being pushed by his nephew, Waheedur Rehman.
In response to Dr Saqi, the double-cabin automobile was popping out of a parking space when guards signalled the taxi to cease earlier than the automobile reversed and hit it.
The professor mentioned he requested the individuals within the double-cabin automobile to compensate the taxi driver for the injury induced within the collision.
Dr Saqi mentioned the resort proprietor’s son then received out of the automobile, fired two photographs and hit him with a pistol butts earlier than finishing up aerial firing.
He additionally mentioned that he and his nephew have been taken to the resort, the place they have been tortured.
Police registered a case at Sachal police station on Dr Saqi’s grievance towards Konain and others. The case contains prices regarding tried homicide, assault, inflicting accidents and wrongful confinement, police mentioned.
Following the incident, Sindh Residence Minister Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar sought an in depth report from the SSP East over the mistreatment and unlawful confinement of the college professor.
