[DAWN] Arif Khan, a primary suspect in the lynching of Mardan university student Mashal Khan last year, pleaded not guilty"Wudn't me."
to the charges brought against him by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday, DawnNewsTV reported.
In a video that surfaced after the lynching, Arif was seen warning a crowd to keep the name of the person who shot Mashal a secret.
A Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) tehsil councillor, Arif was tossed in the clink
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
last week by a special operations team of police in Mardan. Sources said Arif had escaped to
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire....
following the lynching and was arrested once he returned home only recently, 10 months after the April 13 lynching at Mardan's Abdul Wali Khan University.
The suspect was sent to jail on 14-day judicial remand.