ATC grants police 10-day physical remand of 7 murder accused

Last updated on: 12 September,2018 01:00 pm

On August 7, at least five people of a same family were gunned down in Lahore’s Phularwan area.

LAHORE (Dunya News) – Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has sent seven suspects involved in murder of five people in Phularwan on a ten-day physical remand.

The admin judge of ATC Sheikh Sajad Ahmad resumed the hearing of the case during which, the police were given ten-day physical remand of the accused identified as Zulfiqar, Iftikhar, Heera Iftikhar, Waqar, Qadeer, Liyaqat and Jabbar.

Earlier, investigation officer had submitted a plea to ATC seeking twenty days physical remand of the accused.

On August 7, at least five people of a same family were gunned down in Lahore’s Phularwan area.

Two groups opened fire at each other following a brawl over a property issue.

The deceased had been identified as Qurban, Abdul Rasheed, Bashir, Tanveer and Qadir Ali.

After the incident, FIR was filed under anti-terrorism act that included clause of murder and various others but no appropriate action has been taken yet.