LAHORE: The prosecution on Tuesday filed a provisional challan (charge-sheet) before anti-terrorism court (ATC) against five accused, including main accused Afnan, in a case of car accident that resulted in tragic death of six family members in Defence.
As per challan, Afnan and his companions, Ali Abdullah, Muhammad Saad and Muhammad Ibrahim, molested the women of the victim’s family before causing the collision that resulted in the fatalities. Afnan’s companions had been implicated in the case for this reason. Furthermore, Shafqat Awan, father of Afnan, was accused of allowing his underage son to drive without a license. The challan further stated that the report of OC fixation test, conducted to determine the age of Afnan, was still awaited. The prosecution declared the accused guilty and requested the court to hold their trial.
ATC Judge Muhammad Naveed Iqbal issued notices to the accused for March 11 to formally resume the trial proceedings.
Defence C police had registered a case against Afnan which r
evolves around charges of recklessly crashing his high-speed car into another vehicle, resulting in the tragic loss of six lives in DHA Phase 7.