Noor Mukadam murder suspect remanded for further 3 days

By News Desk

ISLAMABAD: A judicial magistrate of Islamabad on Wednesday granted a further three-day physical remand of the alleged murderer of Noor Mukadam, the daughter of a former Pakistani diplomat.

The main suspect, whose parents and staffers are also in police custody, was produced before the court of judicial magistrate Shoaib Akhter with a significant police presence after the expiration of his remand period.

Case Prosecutor, Sajid Cheema, told the court the police had collected CCTV footage of the incident and it required further physical remand of the suspect to take him to Lahore for forensic analysis of the said material.

However, the defence lawyer opposed the request and adopted the stance that the weapon and mobile phone had already been recovered from the accused, adding that police could send the footage for forensic analysis and there is no need for further remand.

The plaintiff’s lawyer Shahkhawar pleaded that the prosecution would not demand further remand if it could conduct a forensic analysis of CCTV footage itself. The prosecutor said in the Usman Mirza case, all the suspects were taken to Lahore for forensic footage. It aimed to identify whether the videos were edited or not.

Counsel of the accused argued that even his client could be taken to Lahore if he was sent to jail on judicial remand. After listening to the arguments from both the sides, the judge granted a further three-day physical remand of the suspect and directed the police to present him again at the next hearing.