MULTAN Oct 19 (TNS): The court on Thursday remanded into police custody Mufti Abdul Qavi, the accused in Qandeel Baloch murder case who was arrested yesterday after his bail was dismissed.
Judicial magistrate Pervez Khan, after hearing the plea to remand the suspect into police custody for 14 days, issued orders to hand over the suspect to Multan police on a four-day physical remand.
Police managed to nab Mufti Abdul Qavi from the Punjab Highway on Wednesday after his arrest orders were issued by a court hearing the Qandeel Baloch murder case.
Multan Cantt SP Dr Fahad said the police, with the aid of highway authorities, nabbed Qavi while he was travelling to Jhang.
The sessions court hearing the model and social media icon’s murder case had earlier dismissed the cleric’s bail request and ordered police to arrest him for failing to cooperate with the prosecution.
Talking to Geo News in the premises of the court yesterday, Qavi had said that he had nothing to do with the murder and “the judge is also aware of that”. He, however, had said that he would accept the court’s decision.
