Islamabad: Former president Pervez Musharraf formally arrested today and remanded to judicial custody for a fortnight over the 2006 killing of Baloch nationalist leader Akbar Bugti.
 
Team from the Crime Branch of Balochistan Police has arrested Musharraf,69

The team was sent from Quetta to Islamabad yesterday after an anti-terrorism court in Balochistan rejected Musharrafs bail application and ordered his arrest.

Acting on a request from the Balochistan Police team, an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad subsequently remanded Musharraf to judicial custody for 14 days so that he could be questioned over the killing of Bugti.
Officials said Musharraf will continue to be held at his farmhouse at Chak Shahzad on the outskirts of Islamabad for security reasons.

The villa was declared a “sub-jail” shortly after Musharraf was first arrested in April.

Bugti was killed in August 2006 during a military operation ordered by Musharraf, who was President and army chief at the time.