Mian Channu lynching suspects to stay in police custody

MIAN CHANNU: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday granted 15-day physical remand of 31 prime suspects in the case of a mob lynching of a “mentally ill” man in Tulamba town in Punjab’s Mian Channu.

The police produced the suspects before the court and requested their physical remand for investigation.

A police official stated before the court that the custody of the detained suspects was required for interrogation about the incident.

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The ATC judge granted 15-day physical remand of the suspects and directed the police to produce them before it on completion of the remand along with a progress report.

Earlier, the police said the number of prime suspects arrested in the case so far has reached 31 while a total of 112 people have been detained on suspicion of their involvement in the lynching incident.

Meanwhile, Punjab Prosecutor General Arif Kamal Noon has set up a committee of prosecutors to provide legal assistance to a joint investment team (JIT) probing the incident.

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The committee to be led by Muhammad Arshad Leghari will also assist the investigators in collecting evidence and preparing the chargesheet.

An angry mob had lynched a man, said to be mentally ill, with bricks and batons, over alleged blasphemy on Sunday.