ISLAMABAD – An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Islamabad on Saturday discharged 32 suspects from the cases related to the PTI protest at D-Chowk.
The 32 suspects arrested during the D-Chowk protest were presented in the Anti-Terrorism Court late at night for identification parade, before Judge Abu Alhasnat Zulqarnain.
The judge expressed anger when the suspects were brought from Jhelum Jail for the identification parade late at night. The suspects were represented by their lawyer, Ansar Kiani.
The investigating officer stated that the suspects had been arrested on November 25, but the identification parade could not be conducted. He requested a 30-day physical remand for each of the suspects.
The court ordered the handcuffs of all 32 suspects to be removed and discharged them from the cases.
Judge Abu Alhasnat Zulqarnain remarked that if the police re-arrested the suspects, he would have the police officers handcuffed.
It may be mentioned here that the police had shown the arrests of the 32 suspects in the cases registered at the I-9 and Margalla police stations.
