ourt denies bail for Abdur Rashid Khan charged with second- degree murder 1 in death of daughter: in- law THE B.C. Supreme Court refused to grant. bail Wed- nesday for British Properties restaurateur Abdur Rashid Khan, 53, who is charged with second-degree murder in connection with the Dec. $0 death of his daughter- in-law. By Surj Rattan and Brent Mudry Three of Khan's children and two of his business associates, present at the two-hour hearing in Vancouver, were upset with Mr. Justice Alan D. Thackray’ s deci- sion. . The public gallery was subdued, “unlike: the case at Khan’s initial appearance in West Vancouver . provincial court in which a fight “broke out. Extensive details of the police investigation were presented by -both” Khan’s lawyer Alexander “Gray Henderson and Crown pro- _secutor Lance Bernard, but the * judge. ordered a full publication ban on. the proceedings, a stand- : ard practice in bail hearings. “He's innocent,’’ a supportive ‘associate of Khan told. the News during a court recess. “Family members : speak with the media. _J!The West Vancouver Police say _ they have yet to establish a motive «for the murder of the young In- - do-Canadian. woman from the ‘” British Properties. : refused to FORMER NORTH Van- “ccuver; District councillor Joan’ Gadsby failed .Mon- |: day. in: an “attempt to: per- “suade the new district ~council to ‘express concern ‘over. the. North Shore ‘News’. recent municipal election coverage. ; GERACE EG PATEL NORTH VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL "by Martin Millerchip .. Gadsby appeared’ as a delega- “stion- before council to ask for consideration ‘of a motion she -proposed at her last meeting in office. Due to the length -of the -eagenda,..the ‘motion was never debated, . .. Gadsby said she felt it was important that the paper accept responsibility for its actions so ‘ that “anyone sitting at this table can be assured of fair report- ing.” . "Gadsby. was reacting to the ‘publication of a Nov. 12 report card on’ the incumbent council. The opinion piece was published eight days before the municipal election. Gadsby polled a distant eighth in-a bid for a seat on council. Gadsby . received a D, lowest grade on council. . The grades were presented as part of the newspaper’s opinion and analysis series on the incum- bent council members and trustees in all three north Shore municipalities and the area’s two school districts. the CALLUS: 983-2208 Police detectives continue to in- “vestigate the death of Naazish Khan, 23, whose bedy was found inside the trunk of a car parked Dec. 1] on a Coquitlam residential street. Khan remains in police custody. : Khan is a Muslim; his daugh- ter-in-law was a Hindu. The ‘victim, who left behind a six-week-old baby girl, was mar- ried to the suspect’s son, Faisal Khan. They all lived together in the ‘Khan family home at 1359 Whitby Rd. in the British Properties. The car in which the victim was ‘ound belonged to the family. ’ An autopsy determined that the woman died as a result of asphyxiation. ‘We have not as yet nailed down the motive but it would ap- pear to be family-related,” said West Vancouver Police Staff Sgt. Gunter Wahl earlier this week. Khan, who owns a women’s fashion store in the Punjabi mar- ket area of Vancouver, has fallen behind in his rent. ; His landlord, Pritpal Narwal, said Khan owes him one month’s rent. He said he has removed several 44 [am not pared to censor the press.¥9 The grades were based on reporters’ observations of coun- cil and school board incumbents in action at council and school board meetings over the previous three-year term. Gadsby described the assess- ment of her performance as ‘‘a major abuse of power’’ “one of the most insulting things that has happened to me in the community.” Council agreed to add Gadsby’s motion to Monday night’s .agenda but ultimately voted unanimously with Coun. Don Bell to receive it with no action. The motion read that: @ the District of North Van- couver Council. express in strongest possible terms to Peter Speck, the publisher of | the North Shere News, and to. Mr. Sam Grippo, the CEO for the Lower Mainland Publishing Ltd. and to Mr. William Ardell, CEO for the Southam) newspaper group, its concerns regarding the North Shore News report cards for incumbents, for example, grades (if they are to, occur) should be on the basis of council and | — Coun. Ernie Crist members’ performance; @ performance should be based on objective criteria, for exam- ple, attendance, productivity, motions made; @ performance should be assessed by a committee, not ane reporter; @ fairness should prevail. Coun. Ernie Crist said he too s ‘highly critical of the rat- ings’? but added, ‘I. am not prepared to censor the press.” Coun. Jim Cuthbert ac- knowledged that the reality of a committee being able to monitor council was unlikely and said, ‘*‘We may at times be praised for our work and other times be severely criticized, but we have no control over that.” Said Mayor Murray Dykeman, “They (the report cards) may or may not have been acceptable to some members of council, but the ultimate decision was Nov: 20 not the 18th or the 12th or whenever these report cards were provided.” : “T would not support the curtailment of the activities of the press in this community,” said Dykeman. Sunday, December 26, 1993 ~ North Shore News - 3 items of clothing from the store and has told Khan’s wife and daughters that they will first have to come up with the rent if they want the clothing returned. But: Narwal said this is not the first time he has run into problems with Khan, whom he has known since March. 1992. “41 have always had a problem in collecting the rent from him and also with NSF cheques. I told him if he wants to leave (build- - ing), he can,” said Narwal. “| was really surprised,’’ said Narwal, when asked what. he thought wher he first heard the City OKs VY murder suspect ’ Photo Sukht Dhiiton/Singh Video ABDUR RASHID Khan (above) has been. charged. with second-degree murder in the death of his daughter-in-law Naazish Khan (left photo, far right). news ‘of Khan’s arrest and the death of his daughter-in-law, He said that most people who do business in the Punjabi market area, located near Main Street and 49th Street in. south Vancouver, are talking about the death. But West. Vancouver Police: Department Det. Bob Fontaine,’ one of several assigned to: the case, said’ Khan's" financial ‘situation is . not. being linked to the death, ; “J just can’t tie a financial...” motive into it,” said Fontaine:: - Wah! said the police still have a. lot of work ahead of them. : new adult | video store slated for» ir, location — A NEW adult video store was. approved by North Vancouver City Council on’ Monday, despite the objec- tions of councillors Stella Jo Dean and Barbara Perrault. .Council voted 4-2 in support of , licence to. issuing a. business A.O.V_ British Columbia . to operate an adult-only video rental: store at 732 Marine Dr. : j Dean and Perrault had hoped: for a public hearing on the matter.; Dean ‘said the area already had” enough adult video. stores. She noted the link some experts make between ‘pornography and vio- lence. Dean said that in the light of. the community’s recent Together Against Violence initiative, North Shore residents would likely reject . the application. Said Perrault, ‘‘I recognize that we cannot legislate morality.’ . But she claims that 98% of North Shore residents would not support allowing another adult video store in the area.. “1 think this is a judgment call, and I can’t in conscience support - NORTH VANCOUVER ~ CITY COUNCIL by Kate Zimmerman this-kind of business application,” ” said Perrault. But Coun. Barbara ‘Sharp, said” m: there is a different. issue at Stake: North. Vancouver © ‘City ~ regulated by the province. 63". If this application were rejected, 7 she argued, council would have to prohibit all video’ stores in the’ community. ‘ .* During council discussion, ref- : erence was. made to a.15-year-old case in Prince George,. in’ which that city’s council ‘was. found ‘to have exceeded its. authority when it did not award a business licence to an adult video store. , “It’s a legal issue, and we're stuck with it,’? said Coun. 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