Anmol alias Pinky alleges pressure to ‘take names’ as court extends physical remand in murder case

KARACHI: Alleged drug queenpin Anmol alias Pinky on Monday alleged she was facing pressure “to take names” as she was remanded into police custody for another four days in connection with a murder case. Anmol was arrested last week from her apartment in Karachi in connection with two cases pertaining to the possession of narcotics and an unlicenced weapon. She was already booked in multiple criminal cases prior to her arrest, taking the number of cases active against her to at least 15. On Monday, on the completion of her two-day physical remand in the murder case, Anmol was presented before South Judicial Magistrate Kalsoom Mustafa at the Judicial Complex inside Central Prison Karachi. It may be mentioned that the alleged drug peddler was already on physical remand in a separate narcotics case till May 22, while her judicial remand in 13 other cases extends till May 30. The magistrate directed the investigation officer (IO) to ensure that Anmol was interrogated in the presence of female police personnel and sought a report on her medical examination by a medicolegal officer. “Learned counsel also submitted that the complainant is not a blood relative of the deceased and alleged that pressure is being exerted upon the accused to falsely implicate politicians, actresses and other influential persons in the matter,” the order read. Earlier in the day, a district judge had accepted IO Rashid Nazeer’s request to conduct the hearing at the Judicial Complex. Subsequently, she was presented before the magistrate, where Anmol reiterated her claims of being subjected to torture and maltreatment while in police custody. As the situation got chaotic in the jam-packed courtroom during the hearing and the suspect also attempted to speak to mediapersons, reporters and others were told to leave the courtroom. The counsels later briefed the media on the developments. Public prosecutor Shakeel Abbasi argued on behalf of the state, while Advocate Liaquat Gabol appeared as Anmol’s cou