Fawad Chaudhry handed over to police on a 2-day physical remand

Former federal minister and former leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Fawad Chaudhry was handed over to the police on a two-day physical remand.

Fawad Chaudhry was arrested from his residence in Islamabad on Saturday.

Following Fawad’s arrest, his brother and lawyer, Faisal Chaudhary, filed a petition to the magistrate, seeking his recovery and release.

The former PTI was brought to the court on Sunday in an armored vehicle with a cloth over his face and handcuffed.

Fawad Chaudhry’s two brothers and his wife Haba Fawad were also present in the court.

The court at the District Judicial Complex mandated a medical examination for the politician, directing the police to facilitate his meeting with family members.

The former federal minister was produced in the court of Duty Magistrate Abbas Shah, Faisal Chaudhry objected in the courtroom as to why a cloth was put on his face.

As reported he was taken into custody after a complaint was filed against him in Islamabad’s Aabpara Police Station for soliciting a Rs5 million bribe in exchange for a job.

“Fawad Chaudhary was bitter over the demand for money, on which he threatened to kill me,” the plaintiff said in the first information report (FIR) against the politician, claiming that he gave Rs5 million to the former minister.

Today’s hearing:

The police sought a five-day remand of Fawad Chaudhry after a case against him was registered for taking a Rs5 million bribe in exchange for employment.

Fawad Chaudhry asked the court to either grant him judicial remand or provide him access to a doctor. He also denied having known the plaintiff.

Pleading to the court, he said, “I am a former federal minister and a Supreme Court lawyer. [I] shouldn’t be insulted. There is no bathroom where the remand is being sought.”

The former minister also requested the court to ensure a bathroom facility for him and sought permission to meet his children.