Police arrest another suspect in Rimsha Wassan murder case
- By Web Desk -
- Apr 30, 2019
KHAIRPUR: Police on Tuesday arrested another suspect in Rimsha Wassan murder case during a raid in Khairpur, ARY News reported.
Police said suspect Hidayatullah was arrested during the raid and weapons were recovered from his possession. They said the arrested suspect was a close aide of Zulfiqar Wassan, Sabir Wassan and Abdul Ghaffar.
“The suspect will be produced before the Anti-Terrorism Court for remand,” said police.
On March 19, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) had extended the remand of three suspects in Rimsha murder case for three more days for further investigations.
Hearing the Rimsha murder case, the court, on the request of police, had decided to extend the physical remand of the suspects for three more days.
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According to the details, police had produced the prime suspect, Zulfiqar Wassan alias Zulfoo , his associates nominated in the case, Ghaffar Wassan and Sabir Wassan before the court amid strict security upon expiry of their physical remand.
The police also produced the crime weapon before the court and pleaded the court to extend the remand for further investigations.
It is pertinent to mention here that Rimsha, 13 was kidnapped and shot dead on February 3.