Prime accused in Mashal murder case still at large, SC told

ISLAMABAD: Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan student, Mashal Khan was shot at thrice and the one who fired the gun has been identified, but not yet arrested. This was stated in a report presented by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police in the Supreme Court on Thursday.

A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar resumed hearing of the Mashal Khan murder case.

According to the police report, the cartridges collected from the site have been sent to Peshawar.

So far, 36 people have been arrested in the case, out of which nine were employees of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan.

The additional advocate general of KP told the court a Joint Investigation Team has been formed again, which now includes officials from Inter-Services Intelligence, Military Intelligence and Federal Investigation Agency.

Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar adjourned the case for the next 15 days.

A few days ago, AWKUM superintendent along with another employee of the university and a student were sent to prison on judicial remand. They were present before a judicial magistrate, where they denied the charges levelled on them. However, the court sent them to prison on judicial remand till May 4.

Read: Mashal murder case: AWKUM superintendent sent to prison on judicial remand 

Mashal Khan, who was a student of journalism at AWKUM, was lynched by an enraged mob on the university premises on April 13. The mob killed the student over allegations of blasphemy.