Police get 3-day remand of prime suspect in dramatist’s kidnap

LAHORE: A local court on Tuesday remanded Amina Urooj, the prime suspect, who along with her accomplices allegedly abducted and robbed playwright Khalilur Rehman Qamar last week, in three-day police custody, reports Geo News.

Judicial magistrate Nabila Aamir on Tuesday conducted a hearing on the dramatist’s complaint at the district katchehri after he was “kidnapped, tortured and demanded to pay a ransom worth Rs10 million” by a group of people, including women when he went to meet Urjooj on the midnight of July 15.

The arrested individuals include Amina Urooj, Mamoon Haider, Zeeshan Qayyum, Javed Iqbal, Tanveer Ahmed, Falak Sher, Qaiser Abbas, Rasheed Ahmed, Mian Khan, Babar Ali, Shamail Bibi, and Maryam Shehzadi.

Among them, Amina Urooj, who allegedly orchestrated the kidnap and robbery, was also taken into custody. The Lahore court approved a 3-day physical remand of the prime suspect and sent 11 other accused to jail for an identification parade.