ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad on Monday dropped terrorism charges against five Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) officials in the Osama Satti murder case.
Satti was killed by ATS personnel after they claimed that he refused to stop his vehicle at a security checkpoint following a robbery report on the wireless in Islamabad. The postmortem report later revealed that Satti was shot several times at close range.
Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge Shahrukh Arjumand approved applications filed by the accused against the inclusion of terrorism charges in the first information report (FIR).
The court also rejected a post-arrest bail request of one of the accused.
Subsequently, the court referred the matter to a district and sessions court to try the suspects for the murder.
