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Assassin of Governor Punjab Salman Taseer Mumtaz Qadri was presented before Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Rawalpindi on Thursday and the court has handed him over to police on 5-day physical remand. The court has also ordered to hold medical check-up of the accused. Brought under strict security the joint investigation team presented Mumtaz Qadri before a special ATC today. Owing to the security risks, Rawalpinds anti-terrorism court has been shifted to Islamabad for todays proceeding on Governor Salaman Taseers murder. Earlier yesterday, Taseers assassin was presented in Islamabads court. The Islamabad court handed over Qadri to the police under one days remand and instructed to present him in Rawalpindis anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday (today). During initial probe, the joint investigation team brought Mumtaz Qadri at Taseers murder spot at Kohsar Market in Sector F-63, Islamabad and asked him to draw a map of the murder plan. Later on the investigation team repeated (dramatized) all murder acts while the FIA forensic team collected some proofs from the site. The investigation team has forwarded an initial investigation report to the Interior Ministry. According to the initial report, up till now no evidence has been founded for assassins links with any partyMeanwhile, the initial probe report into Taseers killing would be presented to the Chief Minister Punjab today. The report is being presented the by the inquiry committee, formed by CM Shahbaz Sharif to look into the tragic incident.The committee is headed by Additional IG special branch Nasir Khan Durrani. Additional IG Mushtaq Sakheer and DIG Shoaib Dastgeer are members of it. It has been learnt that around 32 guards of elite force were escorting Governor Punjab in Lahore, while the number of these guards was 16 in Islamabad, adding that none of the guards was from Lahore. It is being investigated why the number of elite force was reduced in the Federal capital. The report also revealed that killing of the Governor was individual act of the assassin but the phone records of killer Mumtaz Qadri would also help in further investigation.
