Summary The court orders to detain Sikandar, accused in Islamabad standoff, in hospital inside Adyala jail.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Islamabad High Court on Tuesday ordered to send gunman Sikandar to jail on 14-day judicial remand.
The main character of Islamabad standoff was presented before the court on Tuesday where police sought 14 day physical remand, however the court granted 14-day judicial remand of Sikandar.
The court also ordered to detain Sikandar in hospital inside Adyala jail.
On August 15, Sikandar had shut down the heart of the heavily guarded capital for five hours in a standoff that ended with him being shot and wounded.
Waving two semi-automatic guns and occasionally firing into the air, Sikandar was accompanied by his wife and children throughout the tense drama that took place close to Islamabad’s political quarter.
In an initial statement to police, Kanwal, who was also injured by a misfired bullet from Sikandar’s gun during the final showdown, said that her husband had been a serious drug addict up until 2009 but had later sought treatment for his addiction.
