LAHORE:An anti-terrorism court (ATC) Monday handed over an accused to police on seven-day physical remand in a case of torching police vehicles at Afshan Chowk in Cantt area.
Earlier, the police produced the accused Umair Nazir before ATC Judge Abher Gul Khan after an identification process.
The investigation officer submitted that the accused was involved in the case and he was hiding to avoid arrest. He submitted that the accused had been identified in the identification process. He pleaded with the court to grant physical remand of the accused for investigation.
At this, the court handed over the accused to police on 7-day physical remand and ordered for producing him on expiry of the remand term.
The Sarwar Road police had registered a case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders and workers under sections of Anti-Terrorism Act over torching police vehicles at Afshan Chowk in Cantt area during May-9 violence.