LAHORE:
Shahrez Khan, nephew of ousted premier Imran Khan, has been sent to jail on judicial remand in the Jinnah House attack case.
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore, presided over by Judge Manzar Ali Gill, dismissed the police’s request for further physical remand.
Shahrez, son of Aleema Khan, was produced in court after completing his eight-day remand in police custody. He faces charges registered at Sarwar Road police station in connection with the May 9 attack on Jinnah House.
He was arrested late August 21 from Aleema’s residence, with the PTI alleging the household staff was assaulted and family members harassed. His brother, Shershah Khan, was also arrested the next day.
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The court ordered that he be sent to jail on judicial remand, with further proceedings to continue under the anti-terrorism trial.
Earlier on Thursday, ATC Lahore sent Shershah on a 14-day judicial remand, denying the investigation officer’s (IO) request for extension in physical remand.
During the hearing, IO Muhammad Ashraf Javed sought a 30-day extension to the five-day physical remand granted earlier on August 23.
The IO contended that further time was required to recover Shershah’s mobile phone and a mask allegedly used at the time of the incident – Shershah was arrested in connection with May 9 riots – and to obtain details of his social media accounts.
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The IO apprised the court that a photogrammetry test was conducted and a “wooden danda [stick]” was recovered from his possession.
Furthermore, Aleema has been exempted from appearing in court to face charges of protesting for her brother’s release last year.
An ATC in Rawalpindi will hear the case on September 2.
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The Sadiqabad Police had registered a case against her after the violent November 26 protests in Islamabad.
Rawalpindi anti-terrorism court judge Amjad Ali Shah granted her lawyer Advocate Muhammad Faisal Malik’s request for exemption.
