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Court grants one-day remand of Taseer's killer |
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06/01/11 ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: Punjab Governor Salman Taseer's assassin, Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri has been remanded in custody for one day charged with the killing of the governor. He would be brought to court Thursday for further remand.
The court was requested for remand of at least five days; however, the court granted one day remand in custody.
Earlier, the assassin was presented before a judicial magistrate's court here amid stringent security on Wednesday. The court rejecting police demand of 5-day remand and handed over Mumtaz on one-day remand.
Later on, he was escorted back in armored personnel carrier. Malik Mumtaz Qadri gunned Taseer down with entire burst of his rifle as he left a restaurant to walk to his car in a market in the federal capital. Post Mortem reports said Taseer received at least 27 gunshots in his body.
Magistrate's courtroom was changed before Mumtaz's appearance for security reasons.
FIR of Governor's murder has been registered in the Kohsar police station in which Mumtaz Qadri has been named as Taseer's killer.
Police have collected phone record of Mumtaz Qadri. He was declared as security risk and replaced from special branch. Security 'muharrar' who deployed Mumtaz on Governor's security has also been arrested.
Instead, scrutiny of other police officials deployed in Rawalpindi and Islamabad has been started. |
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