ISLAMABAD: A local court on Monday granted police a five-day physical remand of the main suspect in a case of defrauding Laiba Ijaz, 20, a student of the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), who later allegedly committed suicide.
Police produced the suspect Muhammad Nauman before Judicial Magistrate Zunaira Zafar for obtaining his physical remand. At the start of the hearing, the prosecution requested the court to grant a 10-day physical remand of the accused to conduct further investigation.
The Investigating Officer (IO) argued before the court that the suspect’s physical remand was required to complete the investigation. The court, after hearing the arguments, approved the prosecution plea and handed over the suspect to the police on a five-day physical remand.
The court adjourned hearing of the case till October 16.
According to the first information report (FIR), the accused namely
Muhammad Nauman and Fatima Sarwar with the active connivance of each other extorted an amount of Rs 9.3 million from complainant’s niece Laiba Aijaz on the pretext of provision of USA visa and arranging scholarship for her.
It says that the payment was made to the accused agent Muhammad Nauman in the form of banking transaction and cash Rs 2.9 million was paid to the accused through the bank account of Laiba Aijaz.
However, the remaining amount was paid in the form of cash at the shop of Laiba’s father. The accused provided fake Scholarships award letters, admission offer letters, fee payment receipts.
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