Islamabad: An Islamabad court has extended physical remand of Autoland co-owner Usman Mirza who was booked for harassing and assaulting a couple in the federal capital.
Mirza and his accomplices, Farhan, Adaris Butt and Atta-ur-Rehman, have been remanded in police custody for four more days.
Additional sections, including those of rape and extortion, were added to the FIR against the accused men on Monday after the couple recorded their statements separately under Section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
According to the police, the couple will be provided protection and legal assistance.A police official informed that the men blackmailed the woman into giving them Rs 1.3 million.
Mirza forced the woman to strip naked and shot her video two months ago, which he has been using to blackmail her since. The men used weapons to threaten the two.
The police sought an extension in the physical remand of the suspects after the court was informed that they have previously spent six days in the physical remand.
“Usman Mirza and accomplices have spent six days in remand and police have recovered two mobile phones and a pistol from the prime suspect’s custody,” the government lawyer said.
He further shared that the complainant couple has also recorded their statements before the magistrate sharing that the suspects received Rs1,125,000 from them after they were filmed by 12 people for nearly two and a half hours at an apartment.
“The suspects undressed the girl and touched her inappropriately during the video,” the lawyer said adding that they have added section 375 in the case that could lead to life imprisonment or the death penalty.
He said that another FIR over recovery of a pistol from the suspect was also registered besides also filing an FIR under section 384 over extortion charges.
A lawyer Hasan Javed Shorish also appeared before the court saying that he would now be representing the couple in the entire episode after they decided to pursue the case on their own.