Court requested to dismiss Mufti Aziz's bail in sexual abuse case
- By Abid Khan -
- Sep 07, 2021
LAHORE: A sessions court took up on Tuesday a bail application of Lahore cleric Mufti Aziz ur Rehman in a sexual abuse case.
As the bail plea came up for hearing, police produced the case record stating the cleric was found guilty of the crime during investigation.
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The investigation officer stated that the suspect is not entitled to bail and requested the court to dismiss his application.
The court put off the hearing until 2pm with a direction for both defence and prosecution sides to forward their arguments on the bail application.
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On June 20, Punjab police had announced the arrest of Mufti Aziz ur Rehman involved in sexually assaulting a seminary student in Lahore.
The cleric has confessed to sexually abusing a student besides also trying to harass the latter to refrain him from making the video viral.