Police granted three-day remand of suspect Muskan in alleged rape case
A court in Lahore on Thursday granted a three-day physical remand of Muskan, a suspect in the alleged rape of a foreign woman Diana and ordered that she be sent to jail.
Judicial Magistrate Azhar Mahmood issued the written order, according to which the investigating officer had sought a 14-day physical remand of the suspect.
The court allowed police to interrogate Muskan in jail in the presence of a female police officer but ruled that she could not be kept in direct police custody.
According to the written order, police will investigate the alleged recovery of a mobile phone and suspected narcotics from the suspect while she is in jail.
The court ruled that police would have to obtain its permission before taking Muskan out of jail.
The suspect will be produced before the court again on October 3.
Police have registered a case against the suspects at Defence C police station.