LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Tuesday dismissed bail application of Uzma Rao alias Tooba accused of killing Abeera and her ex-husband who was a cameraman.
Appearing before the court, Tooba’s counsel said that police implicated her in fake case and she had nothing to do with the murder of Abeera.
The counsel said that the police took her in custody on basis of speculations and could not produce evidences. However, a law officer told the judge that she was involved in her murder as CCTV footage and others evidences with police had shown her committing the murder. The law officer pleaded.
According to the police, she had killed Abeera after she refused to cooperate in killing her (Tooba’s) ex-husband Babar Javed Butt.
Tooba also revealed that she wanted to take revenge from her ex-husband for his cruelty and was plotting to kill him with Abeera’s help, who first agreed but later refused to do so, the investigation officer said. Tooba held Butt responsible for the death of their two-month-old daughter.
The IO said Abeera wanted to become a model and she met Tooba on Dec 24, 2014, at a local hotel and sought her help for promotion as a model. Later, the both started living together at Tooba’s house. Tooba was identified by Abeera’s family through a CCTV footage of a bus stand where she left a suitcase containing Abeera’s body and had fled away.
Media ban notification sought:
The Lahore High Court Tuesday sought notification of banning media from coverage of airports on a petition seeking permission for media coverage at Allama Iqbal International Airport.
A local TV had filed the petition against airport authorities and local administration for imposing ban on media coverage.
Advocate Azhar Siddique appeared in the court as counsel of the petitioner and said that such ban was against Article 25 of the Constitution.
He requested the judge to set aside such ban. On it, Justice Ijazul Ahsan referred the case to Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah observing that such cases were fixed before him.