Qadri presented before ATC amid tight security

RAWALPINDI: Mumtaz Qadri, assassin of Governor Punjab Salman Taseer, has been presented before Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Rawalpindi on Thursday, Geo News reported.

He was brought under tight security.

It should be mentioned here that Mumtaz was remanded in police custody for one day by the area magistrate yesterday amid beefed up security.

The court was requested for five-day remand; but, the magistrate remanded Qadri in police custody for one day with the instruction to produce him in an anti-terrorism court (ATC) for further remand tomorrow (Thursday).

He was presented before area magistrate because three judges of ATC were on leave on yesterday (Wednesday).

“Police have charged Qadri with murder, terrorism and violence,” one of Qadri’s lawyers, Farooq Sulehria said. Hundreds of people were present outside the court during the hearing of the case.