MARDAN: A local court on Thursday sent seven sus
pects in Mashal murder case t
o Mardan Central Jail on judicial remand.
The police produced Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Central Library office assistant Mohammad Ajmal Khan, Employees Un
ion President Anis, Botany Department office assistant Mujibullah, Imran, Nasurullah, Shoaib and a student Farhan in the court a
fter a four-day physical remand.
Sources said that the accused pleaded not guilty, after which the court sent them to jail on judicial remand.
On Thursda
y, the police and agencies also arrested two more sus
pects from Charsadda district: Mohammad Ishaq Khan of Pakhtun Students Federation (PkSF) and Mohammad Tariq. Sources said the police had so far arrested 32 sus
pects in the Mashal murder case.
On Tuesday, local journalists announced boycott of police coverage after they were denied information by the district police officer (DPO), but later the DPO visited the Mardan Press Club and explained that he was busy investigating a case.
