'Runaway groom' jumps bail; warrant of arrest
issued
By Shaffiq Alkhatib |
Posted: 07 June 2011 1528
hrs
SINGAPORE: A man held on remand who
was granted bail for a day to get married, is now on the run from
the authorities after he gave his girlfriend the slip Monday
evening.
A warrant of arrest has been issued against 28-year-old Irfan Ahmed
Khan Iqbal Ahmed Khan who is accused of two drug-related charges
and one count of weapon possession.
Irfan was granted the one-day bail of S$100,000 in the High Court,
last Friday.
That is because he claimed that he had to go to the Registry of
Muslim Marriages on Tuesday morning with his girlfriend.
But after abandoning her, he also failed to turn up for his trial
in a district court Tuesday.
The court heard that Irfan, who was remanded at Changi Prison, left
the facility with his elder brother at around 2 pm on Monday.
Irfan met his girlfriend later that afternoon to buy some clothes
for the wedding.
The pair later went to a mosque in Yishun at around 7 pm and Irfan
entered the building alone while she waited outside.
When he did not come out by 8 pm, the girlfriend phoned Irfan's
elder brother who arrived about 15 minutes later.
He searched the mosque but Irfan was nowhere to be found.
The warrant review will be held on September 6.
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