• Suspect tells court she is being pressured to implicate politicians, actors and other influential persons • Magistrate extends physical remand in murder case for four more days
• Directs IO to interrogate her in presence of policewomen

KARACHI: While a court on Monday remanded suspected cocaine dealer Anmol Pinky in police custody for four more days, she complained before a judge about maltreatment, saying she was facing pressure “to take names”.

On May 16, the alleged drug queenpin was remanded in police custody in two cases pertaining to murder and possession of narcotics.

On Monday, the police produced her before Judicial Magistrate (South) Kalsoom Mustafa at the Judicial Complex inside the Karachi central prison amid tight security and sought nine-day extension in her physical remand in a murder case.

Suspect Pinky informed the judge the she was allegedly subjected to torture and maltreatment in police custody by “not one, but many investigating officers (IOs)”.

When the judge asked her lawyer, Liaquat Ali Gabol, if he had filed an application for his client’s medical examination, she again alleged that she was being coerced to “take names”.

Speaking to her lawyer, she said that she was willing to be remanded for even 100 days. Thereafter, the IO restricted her from speaking, reminding her that she was in police custody.

As the situation got chaotic in the jam-packed courtroom during the remand proceeding, reporters were asked to leave the courtroom. They were later briefed by lawyers on the developments.

Her counsel submitted that Pinky had already been remanded in judicial custody in almost all other related cases.

He alleged that pressure was being exerted on his client to falsely implicate politicians, actors and other influential persons in the matter. He asked the court to send her to prison on judicial remand and order her medical examination.

On the other hand, public prosecutor Shakeel Abbasi submitted that she was involved in sale and supply of drugs through riders associated with delivery services, who were required to be examined and associated with investigation as witnesses in the present case.

The IO, Rashid Nazeer, stated that the custody was required for further questioning as she was involved in various cases.

While granting four-day extension in her physical remand, the magistrate directed the IO to produce suspect Pinky in court on May 22 along with case diaries and progress report without fail.

In her order, the magistrate order noted that the suspect was specifically nominated in the murder case and allegations against her appeared to be well-founded at this stage.

It also ordered the IO to ensure that suspect was interrogated in the presence of female police officials.

The magistrate also directed the police to produce the suspect before a woman medico-legal officer for medical examination in the light of her complaints of maltreatment and submit a report by May 22.

The court has also allowed an application of police to record the statement of the complainant of the murder case on May 21 in the judicial complex at central prison in view of security concerns.

Separately, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) filed an application before an additional district and sessions judge, seeking a copy of the police record in the narcotics case lodged against her.

The application noted that suspect’s arrest was required in a CTD case, in which her brother had been acquitted but she was an absconder.

Earlier in the day, a district judge had accepted a request of police about production of suspect Pinky for remand before a court at the Judicial Complex inside the central prison.

In another related development, the police filed nine revision applications before the district and sessions court (South) against an order of a judicial magistrate passed on May 16 denying her police remand.

The district court allowed four revision applications by setting aside the order of the magistrate while remaining five were withdrawn.

According to the prosecution, Anmol Pinky was arrested from her Garden apartment in a joint raid conducted by police and a civilian intelligence agency on May 12.

Published in Dawn, May 19th, 2026