Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) on Wednesday (today), extended physical remand of five Islamabad policemen in Usama Nadeem murder case by seven days.
During the hearing, investigation officer (IO) urged the court to grant physical remand of 12 days against the five accused policemen.
The court also inquired about whether the weapons used in the incident have been recovered or not, to which the IO apprised the court that the weapons have been confiscated along with the shell casings.
Furthermore, the investigation officer told the court that the deceased was shot five times from the back and one time from the front and that no bullet marks have been found on car’s seat.
Usama Nadeem’s medical report was also submitted to the court.
During the case proceedings, the court reprimanded IO for his failure to preserve photographic evidence of the crime scene.
The ATC judge directed the accused to explain how the incident unfolded. The court was told that ASI Saleem had sent a voice message regarding a robbery attempt, and the need to intercept a white color vehicle.
It is to be noted 21-year-old Usama Nadeem was shot six times by five members of Islamabad’s Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) on Saturday last week.
The police had opened fire on Usama’s vehicle on Srinagar Highway citing that he failed to heed to police’s warnings urging him to stop the vehicle.
Usama Nadeem’s parents have appealed Supreme Court Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed to take suo motu notice of the extra-judicial killing of their son.
The parents have rejected the police inquiry and have called for a judicial commission to be set up to investigate the incident.
