KARACHI, April 10: The Sindh High Court administrative judge for anti-terrorism courts of Karachi remanded another associate of former Balochistan chief minister and National Party chief in police custody till April 14.

The investigation officer said Ghulam Qadir had been named as an accused by the complainant havildar, who said he and another soldier were kidnapped and beaten up by the sardar’s men and he had also been identified by the complainant. A driver and two of his guards were remanded to custody earlier.

Opposing the remand, Advocate Syed Ghulam Shah submitted before Justice Amir Hani Muslim that the alleged offence did not fall within the purview of the Anti-Terrorist Act and an accused could only be remanded to judicial custody after his identification. The judge asked the investigation officer to provide the accused all the necessities, including medical treatment.