KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Monday extended the police remand of a Pakistan Peoples Party legislator Jam Awais Bijar in a case referring to the murder of a male whose hurt body was found at his farmhouse in Malir.

Cops stated that the hurt body of 27-year-old Nazim Jokhio was found at the farmhouse in Jam Goth on Nov 3. Later on, the MPA in addition to 2 others was detained and remanded in police protection for questioning till Nov 8.

After the expiration of the very first physical remand, the exploring police officer again produced the suspect on trial of a juridical magistrate (Malir) and also submitted that there were 2 absconders in the event.

He sought an expansion in the remand of the MPA for further investigations and arrest of the absconding suspects.

The lawyer for complainant said that the case was not being appropriately examined as the police had actually not checked the area of occurrence and also the cellphone of the deceased was also not recovered.

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He submitted that pertinent sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 may be incorporated in the event as it was an act of terrorism.

While giving extension in the physical remand of the MPA, the magistrate guided the IO to create the suspect once again on Nov 11 together with a report card.

Sufferer’s sibling Afzal Jokhio, additionally complainant of the case, had actually said that the MPA was involved in his sibling’s murder considering that he had attempted to avoid the legislator’s visitors from searching houbara bustard in Thatta district