The Cantt judicial magistrate on Friday extended the physical remand of seven people, including Dr Hanif, Nadeem, Imran, Mushtaq, Sagheer, Mubashir and Ali involved in an illegal business of human organs transplant until July 8.
Earlier, the North Cantt Police presented the accused before the magistrate after completion of their six days physical remand. Police requested the court to extend the physical remand of the accused to complete investigation regarding their network in Pakistan and abroad. The court, extending the remand, directed police to complete the investigation by the next date of hearing.
The accused were arrested red-handed on July 1 from a rented house near Soling Road in Ameeruddin Park where they were running an illegal business of human organs transplant for over one year under supervision of Dr Hanif. The court will resume hearing on July 11.
Separately, an accountability court on Monday extended the judicial remand of Sheikh Afzal, main accused in NIB Bank fraud case until October 22. The accused is owner of the Haris Steel Mill and involved in the NIB Bank fraud case in which Rs 33.3 million were embezzled. He acquired a loan from NIB Bank for Haris Steel Mills but defaulted on it. The court, extending the remand, directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to conclude investigation during the remand.
Also on Friday, an accountability court extended the judicial remand of Zahid Farooq Cheema and Chaudhry Shaukat Ali, accomplices of Pir Syed Sibtul Hassan Gilani alias Double Shah, until July 22.
The accused had been arrested on charges of cheating with the public at large and concealing crime proceeds. Cheema and Shaukat in connivance with Double Shah, their associates and close relatives lured and invited investors to deposit money with them on the promise of returning their deposits with unprecedented profit and double to their investments after expiry of the specified period.