Police get three-day remand of Pinky in 10 ‘old’ drug cases

KARACHI: A court on Tuesday remanded suspected cocaine dealer Anmol alias Pinky in police custody for three more days in connection with her involvement in various drug cases. She was brought to the Judicial Complex inside the Karachi central prison amid tight security. Media was barred from entering the complex. The investigating officers of around 10 old drug cases in which suspect Pinky was declared proclaimed offender filed two separate applications before District and Sessions Judge (South) Zahoor Ahmed Hakro, seeking permission to produce her in court at the judicial complex inside the prison due to security concerns. The court allowed the applications and directed the area judicial magistrates to conduct proceedings regarding the suspect’s remand inside prison only for today. At KCCI event, IGP defends strict security for alleged drug ‘queenpin’; says someone can harm her to derail investigations However, when reporters reached the central prison to witness the court proceeding, police personnel barred them from entering the premises, saying they had received orders from “higher authorities” to restrict the entry of the media. Pinky was brought in a convoy comprising six police mobiles and a prison vehicle. Police personnel deployed outside the prison for security were also seen checking each vehicle and asking if any media personnel were present in any of the police mobile vans. Later, court staffers told Dawn that the IOs produced the suspect before Judicial Magistrate Kalsoom Mustafa and JM Aasim Aslam. During the proceedings, prosecutor Abbasi submitted that police required the suspect’s remand to interrogate her regarding the source of supply, her network and to obtain information about her financial transactions as well as her modus operandi in drug trafficking. The defence counsel moved an application, claiming maltreatment at the hands of police regarding the suspect. Upon the defence’s ...

Original source: Dawn Pakistan