RAWALPINDI: A local court on Monday granted police two-day physical remand of Ahsan, the husband of anchorperson Rabia Ahsan, who was shot dead at home in the Gulshanabad area a day earlier.

Rabia, who previously co-hosted a current affairs show alongside senior journalists Amir Mateen and Rauf Klasra, was found with a gunshot wound below her neck, City Police Officer (CPO) Hassan Sukhera told reporters on Sunday. Her husband was taken into custody following a complaint filed by her brother.

A first information report was registered at Saddar Beruni police station under Section 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and Section 2-A of the Punjab Arms Amendment Ordinance, 2015 on Sunday.

On Monday, the suspect was presented before Area Magistrate Talat Waheed by police, who sought physical custody for further investigation.

After hearing the police request, the magistrate approved a two-day physical remand of the suspect, allowing investigators to interrogate him and pursue further investigation into the circumstances surrounding the anchorperson’s death.

Following the court’s order, police took the suspect into custody for further investigation. Ahsan, who is the primary suspect in the case, will remain in police custody for two days.

The judge directed police to produce the suspect at the expiry of the remand period.

A day earlier, police said that a male domestic worker at their house informed them that the victim’s husband claimed the gunshot had been fired accidentally.

First Lady Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari had “exp­ressed deep sadness over the killing” and called for a thorough, impartial and transparent investigation to establish the facts and ensure that those responsible were held accountable.