Court extends judicial custody of Pakistani nationals
The Kathmandu District Court extended the judicial custody of two Pakistani nationals, who were arrested last week in connection with a five-year old RDX case, by one week Wednesday.
The district court remanded them to 7-day judicial custody when their earlier 5-day custody expired today. Police had appealed to the court to extend the custody of Ghulam Hussain Cheema and Aftab Mohinuddin Siddiqui, who were arrested from five-star Everest Hotel at New Baneshwor, Kathmandu, on July 12.
Cheema, 53 and Siddiqui, 57 had escaped arrest in April 2001 when the police raided their room in Kathmandu and seized 16kg RDX. Since then, the police had been looking for the two who at that time had been staying in Kathmandu as employees of a Pakistani construction company, Sachel Engineering Works, which was involved in road construction in the Nepal.
They were arrested a day after series of blasts in the Indian city of Mumbai in which about 200 people were killed.
Police officials have said investigation is underway to find out if the two Pakistanis were linked with the Mumbai blasts.
Issuing a statement on Saturday, the Foreign Office of Pakistan quoted the employers of two persons as saying that the two men had nothing to do with the 2001 case and claimed that they had visited Nepal several times for recovery of outstanding payments to the company by the Department of Roads, Nepal.
"The spokesperson stated that the Pakistani Mission in Kathmandu was instructed to immediately get in touch with the Nepal's Foreign Office to ascertain the facts," the statement said, adding, "Our Mission was later contacted by the Nepal Police authorities who confirmed that the arrest of two Pakistanis was in connection with an old case dating back to 2001 and that no linkage had been established with the Mumbai blasts,” the statement read.
The Foreign Office also urged the Nepalese Charge d' Affaires to make a demarche asking for consular access and release of the persons
The Kathmandu District Court extended the judicial custody of two Pakistani nationals, who were arrested last week in connection with a five-year old RDX case, by one week Wednesday.
The district court remanded them to 7-day judicial custody when their earlier 5-day custody expired today. Police had appealed to the court to extend the custody of Ghulam Hussain Cheema and Aftab Mohinuddin Siddiqui, who were arrested from five-star Everest Hotel at New Baneshwor, Kathmandu, on July 12.
Cheema, 53 and Siddiqui, 57 had escaped arrest in April 2001 when the police raided their room in Kathmandu and seized 16kg RDX. Since then, the police had been looking for the two who at that time had been staying in Kathmandu as employees of a Pakistani construction company, Sachel Engineering Works, which was involved in road construction in the Nepal.
They were arrested a day after series of blasts in the Indian city of Mumbai in which about 200 people were killed.
Police officials have said investigation is underway to find out if the two Pakistanis were linked with the Mumbai blasts.
Issuing a statement on Saturday, the Foreign Office of Pakistan quoted the employers of two persons as saying that the two men had nothing to do with the 2001 case and claimed that they had visited Nepal several times for recovery of outstanding payments to the company by the Department of Roads, Nepal.
"The spokesperson stated that the Pakistani Mission in Kathmandu was instructed to immediately get in touch with the Nepal's Foreign Office to ascertain the facts," the statement said, adding, "Our Mission was later contacted by the Nepal Police authorities who confirmed that the arrest of two Pakistanis was in connection with an old case dating back to 2001 and that no linkage had been established with the Mumbai blasts,” the statement read.
The Foreign Office also urged the Nepalese Charge d' Affaires to make a demarche asking for consular access and release of the persons
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