TV anchor's killing: Rawalpindi court grants police 2-day physical remand of victim's husband

<p>RAWALPINDI: A local court on Monday granted police two-day physical remand of Ahsan, the husband of anchorperson Rabia Ahsan, who was <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2043140/outpouring-of-grief-after-tv-anchor-found-shot-dead">shot dead</a> at home in the Gulshanabad area a day earlier.</p> <p>Rabia, who previously co-hosted a current affairs show alongside senior journalists Amir Mateen and Rauf Klasra, was found with a gunshot wound below her neck, City Police Officer (CPO) Hassan Sukhera told reporters on Sunday. Her husband was taken into custody following a complaint filed by her brother.</p> <p>A first information report was registered at Saddar Beruni police station under Section 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and Section 2-A of the Punjab Arms Amendment Ordinance, 2015 on Sunday.</p> <p>On Monday, the suspect was presented before Area Magistrate Talat Waheed by police, who sought physical custody for further investigation.</p> <p>After hearing the police request, the magistrate approved a two-day physical remand of the suspect, allowing investigators to interrogate him and pursue further investigation into the circumstances surrounding the anchorperson’s death.</p> <p>Following the court’s order, police took the suspect into custody for further investigation. Ahsan, who is the primary suspect in the case, will remain in police custody for two days.</p> <p>The judge directed police to produce the suspect at the expiry of the remand period.</p> <p>A day earlier, police said that a male domestic worker at their house informed them that the victim’s husband claimed the gunshot had been fired accidentally.</p> <p>First Lady Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari had “exp­ressed deep sadness over the killing” and called for a thorough, impartial and transparent investigation to establish the facts and ensure that those responsible were held accountable.</p> <figure class="media w-full w-full media-- media--embed media--uneven media--tweet"> <div class="media__item media__item--twitter "><span> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <a href="https://twitter.com/PresOfPakistan/status/2119432363998695689"></a> </blockquote> </span></div> </figure>