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Malik Mumtaz Qadri, the killer of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, has been handed over to police on one-day remand on Wednesday. Mumtaz Qadri was presented in the court of Magistrate in Islamabad. The court rejecting police demand of 5-day remand and handed over Mumtaz on one-day remand. He would be brought to court tomorrow for further remand. FIR of Governors murder has been registered in the Kohsar police station in which Mumtaz Qadri has been named as Taseers killer. Police have collected phone record of Mumtaz Qadri. Mumtaz Qadri was declared as security risk and replaced from special branch. Security muharrar who deployed Mumtaz on Governors security has also been arrested. Instead, scrutiny of other police officials deployed in Rawalpindi and Islamabad has been started.
