Islamabad court grants police 5-day remand of suspect in case of suicide over visa fraud

ISLAMABAD: A judicial magistrate on Monday handed over the main suspect to police on a five-day physical remand in a case related to the suicide of a young woman who was allegedly defrauded. The 20-year-old student, identified as Laiba Aijaz, allegedly died by suicide last week after a person defrauded her of Rs5 million, which she had paid to move to the United States for further studies, according to police. The case drew the government’s attention, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directing the police to arrest the suspect. He and two of his female accomplices were later picked up during…