LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday sent former police inspector Abid Hussain, infamously known as Abid Boxer, on seven-day physical remand in a case of alleged extortion and attacking a police team.

The police presented Abid Boxer before the court of ATC Judge Abher Gul Khan.

The investigating officer told the court that Boxer and other suspects were involved in extortion and attacking a police team.

He said the former inspector snatched an official rifle from a constable and escaped custody when a police team arrested him.

He said the suspect was later arrested from Kasur.

He requested the court to grant a 15-day physical remand of the suspect.

However, the judge granted the remand for seven days.

Faisal Town police registered a case against Abid Boxer and others.

Boxer is known as an encounter specialist for his alleged extrajudicial killings some 15 years back.

Published in Dawn, October 20th, 2023

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