ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in Islamabad on Friday rejected the police’s request to extend PTI leader Shahbaz Gill’s physical remand for another 12-days and sent him to Adiyala jail on judicial remand.

Shahbaz Gill was produced before the judicial magistrate Umar Shabbir on Friday upon the expiry of his two-day physical remand. During the hearing, the police’s investigating officer (IO) submitted an application to the court seeking the extension in Gill’s physical remand for another 12 days. The court, however, rejected the request and sent Mr Gill to jail on judicial remand.

Mr Gill was arrested on Tuesday at Banigala Chowk in the capital after a video clip of his remarks made about the army, aired on ARY News, went viral on social media. He was subsequently booked under charges of sedition and inciting the public against the state institutions. Another charge of disappearing evidence and giving false information was added on Thursday to the first information report (FIR) registered against Mr Gill.