LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Monday extended physical remand of four suspects involved in lynching of a Christian couple of Kot Radha Kishan, Kasur.

The investigating officer stated before the court that further custody of the suspects was required to complete interrogation.

Presiding Judge Haroon Latif accepted the request and extended the physical remand of the suspects for nine days. Police produced the suspects under strict security arrangements. he arrested suspects included Muhammad Yousaf, Ghulam Husain, Haris Bashir and Mehmand Jatt.

Victims Shahzad and his wife Shama were bonded labourers at the kiln of Yousaf.

The court also directed the police to collect call record of suspects’ cell phones. In this case, 39 suspects had already been sent to jail on judicial remand.

Talking to the media outside the court, Chaudhry Nazir, brother of kiln owner Yousaf, accused police of partial investigation. He claimed that Yousaf was not present at the time of the incident.

Published in Dawn, November 11th , 2014