A judicial magistrate handed over Chanesar Town Chairman Farhan Ghani, brother of Sindh Local Government Minister and PPP Karachi President Saeed Ghani, to police on a one-day remand in an assault case registered under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
An FIR was lodged at Ferozabad police station by a government employee, Hafiz Sohail Ahmed Jadoon, who alleged that while supervising work to lay underground optical fibre cable, he was confronted by 20 to 25 men. He named Farhan Ghani and others, accusing them of manhandling him and obstructing official duty.
The case carries sections of assault, attempted murder, criminal intimidation.
After the FIR was registered, Farhan Ghani along with other nominated suspects appeared at the police station and surrendered. They were produced before a magistrate on Saturday. The investigating officer requested a one-day transit remand to present the suspects before the Anti-Terrorism Court on Monday, which the court granted.
On social media, Minister Ghani confirmed that his brother had an altercation with a man, Sohail, and said the latter exercised his legal right to lodge an FIR.
