An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday handed over five suspects, including four police personnel, to police on 14-day physical remand in the murder case of Muhammad Abrar who was shot dead on 11th of July 2016.
The Ferozbad police produced police personnel Kaleemullah, Rashid Ali, Nadeem Khan, Saeed Ahmed and a civilian, Mirza Nawaz Baig, before the administrative judge of ATC to get the remand of the accused.
Abrar was gunned down by the law enforcers near Habib Bank, Muslim Society, on Monday when he was chasing down a man, Nawaz Baig, who was allegedly trying to escape along with his mobile phone.
The investigating officer informed the court that Nawaz Baig was arrested in injured condition from the crime scene whereas four accused police personnel were produced voluntarily by their officer in police station. He submitted that official weapons including three SMGs, which were used in the incident, were seized by them.
The IO requested the court to remand the accused to police custody as they were required for interrogation and identification parade. While accepting the IO’s request, the judge handed over the suspects to police on physical remand for two weeks.
According to Abrar’s father, who was also the complainant in this case, his son reached an agreement to sell his mobile phone (Samsung Note Edge 4) to accused Nawaz Baig after placing its images on a website. “My son went to Karachi’s Sadar area with his two friends Nakash and Shehriar on 11th of July to sell his phone to Nawaz Baig who took the phone and tried to escape in his car after giving Abrar two prize bonds of 15,000 each,” the complainant added.
The deceased father stated in the FIR that his son chased the accused and got stuck in the window of Nawaz Baig’s car but later pushed inside the car after being hit by another vehicle. Meanwhile, when they reached near Habib Bank, Muslim Society, the police personnel opened fire at the car injuring Nawaz and killing Abrar.
The case was registered at Ferozabad police station under section 302 (premeditated murder), 324 ( attempted murder), 114 (abettor present when offence is committed) and 34 ( common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code read with section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.
