It fixed the time of commencement for the 48 hours at 1pm today and ordered Gill to be produced in court on Wednesday at, or before, 1pm.
It also directed the investigating officer (IO) to follow the high court’s order and allow Gill to meet his legal counsels. The IO was further ordered to “provide every needful medical facility, as and when required” to the PTI leader.
IHC rejects Gill’s please against physical remand
Meanwhile, in a simultaneous proceeding in the Islamabad High Court (IHC), IHC Acting Chief Justice Aamer Farooq rejected the PTI’s plea against Gill’s physical remand.
On Gill’s torture claims, the court ordered the federal government and interior secretary to appoint an inquiry officer to probe the reports, adding that a retired high court judge should be picked for the job.
The IHC ordered that an officer of SSP rank should monitor Gill’s remand, further adding that the officer should ensure that the PTI leader is subjected to no violence during his remand.
Gill claims he was ‘force-fed’
Judicial Magistrate Malik Aman presided over today’s session court hearing during which Gill took the stand and asked the judge to see all that has been happening with him.
The judge asked Gill whether he had gotten himself examined by doctors. The PTI leader replied that he had been on a hunger strike since last night and was not being allowed to meet anyone.
He claimed that six to seven people had also tried to “force-feed” him at 3am. Gill alleged that he was also “tied down and shaved” by 10 to 12 men.
During the hearing, Gill also said that he had not been given a fresh set of clothes during the past five days and had also not bathed during this period. He claimed that clothes had been sent from his home but they had been taken away.
Gill said he was ready to go with the police if he was not tortured. “I should be sent to jail. I am ready to cooperate in the investigation there,” he added.
The PTI leader said the judge could only fathom what the police had done with him, adding that the investigation had continued even during his hospital stay.
“You will hand me over to them to die. I will not appear before you after that then. I am an asthmatic,” Gill told the court.