MULTAN: Mufti Abdul Qavi, who has been arrested by police on Wednesday in the model Qandeel Baloch murder case, was hospitalised on Thursday evening after a judicial magistrate remanded him in police custody for four days

Dr Rana Altaf, Director of the Pervaiz Elahi Institute of Cardiology, told journalists that the cleric was a heart patient and was currently under observation of senior doctors. He said the Mufti had undergone angioplasty some time ago.

Earlier, police produced the suspect before the court of judicial magistrate Muhammad Parvaiz Khan who granted his four-day physical remand, giving him in police custody for interrogation.

The trial court judge/judicial magistrate had issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Mr Qavi on Oct 12 after the court was informed by police that the cleric was not cooperating in investigation into the model’s murder.

Judicial magistrate remanded cleric for four days

Mufti Qavi filed a pre-arrest bail application with the district and sessions judge the same day, who granted the relief and summoned him on Oct 17 (Tuesday). He appeared before the court on Tuesday, but the judge adjourned the hearing for Wednesday.

On Wednesday, the cleric appeared before District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Ameer Ahmad, but left the court premises before the verdict reserved some time ago on his bail appeal was announced.

Police, however, arrested the cleric and shifted him to Chahliyak police station.

Published in Dawn, October 20th, 2017