Momina Iqbal's harassment case: Lahore court disposes of PML-N MPA Saqib Chadhar, wife's bail pleas as withdrawn
LAHORE: A Lahore court disposed of PML-N MPA Saqib Chadhar’s and his wife’s pre-arrest interim bail petitions as withdrawn on Thursday after the investigating officer said the arrest of the suspects was not required at the present stage in the case pertaining to television actor Momina Iqbal’s alleged harassment. However, at the last hearing on July 28, then-investigating officer (IO), SHO Najam…
A Lahore court dismissed PML-N MPA Saqib Chadhar and his wife's interim bail petitions as withdrawn on Thursday, following the investigating officer's statement that the arrest of the suspects was unnecessary at the present stage in the case involving television actress Momina Iqbal's alleged harassment. Initially, the former investigating officer had found Chadhar guilty after investigation, but the new IO, Hassan Sajjad Naqvi, informed the court that the investigation had changed, and arrest was not required.
Iqbal had reportedly filed a complaint alleging online harassment, cyberbullying, and death threats from Chadhar, who was a PML-N MPA at the time. After the hearing, Chadhar and his wife withdrew their bail petitions, and the court disposed of the pleas as withdrawn.
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