A magisterial court on Monday sent three suspects on 14-day judicial remand in a case regarding the kidnapping and rape of two foreign women.
Defence-C police produced the three suspects before the court on the expiry of their physical remand. The investigating officer asked the court to remand the suspects in judicial custody. The magistrate accepted the request and sent the suspects to the judicial lockup with directions to the police to submit their investigation report by the next hearing.
Police had earlier arrested seven other suspects in connection with the alleged kidnapping and rape of two foreign women. Four of them, Sajid, Sikandar, Hassan and Raza Dar (close relative of a prominent political figure), were initially placed on physical remand thrice for investigation and then sent to judicial remand. The remaining three, Rizwan, Nawaz and Nasir, were also sent on judicial remand on July 20.
Meanwhile, another main suspect “boss” was arrested on July 18 and produced before the magisterial court on July 19, where he was sent on five days physical remand. According to the prosecution, the latest suspect, Waheed Tahir alias “boss”, is alleged to have played a key role in the offence.
Earlier, the Lahore High Court (LHC) disposed of a petition seeking the recovery of Tahir, the prime suspect, after police informed the court that he had already been arrested, produced before a magistrate and sent on physical remand to the police. Justice Abhar Gul Khan heard the petition filed by the suspect’s mother, Mumtaz Bibi, who claimed that police had taken her son into custody in connection with the foreign women case but had failed to produce him before a competent court within the constitutionally prescribed 24-hour period. The petitioner had prayed to the court to declare her son’s detention “illegal” and order his release from what she termed unlawful custody.