Journalism of Courage
Premium

Laila case: Crime branch allowed to bring Tak to Mumbai

"We have got four days of transit remand," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Himanshu Roy said.

Advertisement

The Crime Branch of Mumbai police today got permission from Kishtwar court of Jammu to bring forest contractor Pervez Tak to Mumbai in connection with the Bollywood starlet Laila Khan abduction case.

“We have got four days of transit remand,” Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Himanshu Roy said today.

Now,Tak will be brought to Mumbai and will be produced in Mumbai local court in four days.

The crime branch is probing the kidnapping case of Laila and her family.

Forest contractor Pervez Tak,arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police,had reportedly told the interrogators that Laila and others were shot dead in Maharashtra last year.

Meanwhile,the crime branch claimed to have recovered around 1,000 photographs of Laila with many high ranking officials and politicians while searching her house today in suburban Oshiwara.

The starlet and her family – mother Shelina,elder sister Hazmina,twin siblings Zara and Imran and another relative- went missing from here in February last year.

Story continues below this ad

A case of kidnapping was registered at the Oshiwara police station here yesterday,on the complaint of her father Nadir Patel.

According to the complaint,Tak and his accomplice Asif had kidnapped Laila and others.

Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram

Tags:
  • nation news
Edition
Install the Express App for
a better experience
Featured
Trending Topics
News
Multimedia
Follow Us
EXPRESS PREMIUMWhy India shouldn't be worried by Saudi-Pak deal
X