Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 7: Mumbai Crime Branch today took the custody of Parvez Tak, one of the prime accused in the killing of starlet Laila Khan and her four family members in Mumbai last year, from Kishtwar police after a local court in Kishtwar gave four days transit remand of the accused.
Official sources said Mumbai Crime Branch team, which had reached Kishtwar yesterday, appeared before CJM Kishtwar along with relevant documents seeking four days transit remand of Parvez Tak. The CJM forwarded the application to the Munsiff, who have four days remand of Tak to Mumbai team.
Immediately, Kishtwar police handed over Tak to the Crime Branch, Mumbai.
Sources said the Mumbai team was exploring various options to take Tak to Mumbai including hiring a chopper as or take a flight tomorrow from Jammu to New Delhi on way to Mumbai in view of security considerations.
Kishtwar police had arrested Tak few days back from Bagh-e-Bahu after the recovery of Laila Khan’s Mitsubishi Outlander car from his possession in Kishtwar. During sustained interrogation, Tak had disclosed that he along with Bollywood financier Asif Shaikh, real estate developer Afghan Khan and two shooters had killed Laila, her mother Selina, siblings Imran and Zara Patel and cousin Reshma Patel alias Laila Khan in February last year at an isolated place in Mumbai with a view to capture the family’s huge assets.
Mumbai police had yesterday arrested Shaikh and was hunting for Afghan Khan.
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