ISLAMABAD, March 6: The Supreme Court was told on Tuesday that a provincial assembly member from Taunsa Sharif (Punjab), Mir Badshah Qaisrani, had been booked for abetting in a double murder case though he was on an interim bail.

A bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the bail application of the member of the Punjab Assembly on March 15 and if the request

to further extend the bail is turned down, police will be free to arrest the ruling party member.

A three-member bench was hearing a complaint of Ms Allah Wasai of Taunsa Sharif against Mir Qaisrani.

The complainant had alleged that at the behest of the MPA, his servants tried to abduct her daughter and gunned down her husband Khuda Bakhsh and son Rashid Ameer when they tried to thwart the abduction bid.

Police registered the case on Oct 3, 2006, but showed reluctance to arrest the nominated culprits, the application stated.

Later, police also confirmed in its investigation report that Mir Qaisrani was sitting in the car along with his gunmen at the time his accomplices entered the house of Alla Wasai.

Police also recovered automatic weapon from the accused and a separate FIR was registered.

The bench also directed police to record fresh and independent statements of complainants against Mir Qaisrani and summoned all evidence and record against him on the next date of hearing.

The order to record fresh statement was given when during the hearing Ameer Mohammad disowned his statement produced by police before the court by describing it as concocted.