ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench on Tuesday rejected bail plea of TCS regional manager logistics Ghazanfar Gul and Smart Zone’s CEO Shakirullah in a smuggling case.
Soon after the court rejected their bail pleas, Deputy Director Directorate General Intelligence and Investigation Shahid Jaan arrested them and presented in the court of the customs special judge. The court gave a two-day physical remand to the customs officials.
According to details, both accused appeared in the court along with their lawyers and applied for bail. Shahid Jaan told the court that both were court absconders and were wanted by the customs officials in a smuggling case.
The court rejected the petition submitted by the accused after hearing arguments from both sides. The customs officials arrested them from the court and later presented them before the customs special judge and sought a 12-day physical remand. The judge, however, gave a two-day physical remand.
The customs officials have started interrogating the accused. The officials said they would again request the court to extend the remand.
It is worth mentioning that Ghazanfar and Shakirullah had sought pre-arrest bail last month, but Special Judge Muhammad Ahmed Farooq rejected their plea. After which they fled from the court. Ghazanfar had sought protective bail, but it is not confirmed whether Shakirullah sought bail or not.
