ABBOTTABAD: The anti-terrorism court here on Monday sent Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) Faisal Zaman to prison after cancellation of his bail in the murder case of PTI activist Malik Tahir Iqbal who was killed in Haripur district a few months back.
The accused MPA Faisal Zaman, who was present in the anti-terrorism court, was arrested on the spot by CTD police. Unidentified gunmen had shot dead PTI leader Tahir Iqbal and his driver Sardar Gul Nawaz on September 14, 2020 in Kotera village of Ghazi tehsil in Haripur.
The accused had fled the scene, leaving their motorbikes. The police seized the motorbikes of the accused and started an investigation. The CTD police had interrogated various persons through call data. They later arrested suspects from Battagram who revealed that Faisal Zaman had asked them to kill the PTI leader by paying him Rs1.4million.
The CTD police with the help of local police raided the house of accused MPA Faisal Zaman but the police failed to arrest him. However, the accused got bail from the court. Later, Faisal Zaman, who was also the Chairman Human Rights, was granted an interim bail by the Abbottabad ATC Special Court.
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