An anti-terrorism court in Gujranwala on Thursday extended the interim bail of Chaudhry Musa Elahi until February 13, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Musa Elahi did not appear in court due to ill health. Counsel for Chaudhry Musa Elahi produced a medical certificate to this effect and requested the court to grant extension in Musa’s interim bail.
A heavy contingent of Gujrat police force was present in court at the time of hearing.
An FIR had been registered against Wajahat Hussain and Musa Elahi who are close relatives to ex-Chief Minister Punjab Ch Parvez Elahi in an alleged conspiracy to kidnap members of National and Provincial Assemblies.
The FIR was registered on the basis of an audio clip (which was shared on Twitter) of an alleged conversation between Chaudhry Parvez Elahi’s close relatives Chaudhry Wajahat Elahi and Musa Elahi, in which both were heard planning to kidnap some MNAs and MPAs The FIR was booked under sections of terrorism and telegraph act in the Ghalib Market police station in Lahore.
Reporter Rana Zahid