Nine of same family murdered in Mandi Bahauddin

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The assailants slaughtered the owner of the house Irshad, four of his sons, his parents and grandparents.

MANDI BAHAUDDIN: Unidentified men killed nine members of the same family in the Qadirabad area of Mandi Bahauddin on Tuesday morning.

The assailants slaughtered the owner of the house Irshad, four of his sons, his parents and grandparents.

According to reports, Irshad had married a girl from Sheikhupura two years ago but his family had completely restricted her movement, which is why the girl’s relatives allegedly murdered Irshad and his family.

The police also recovered a letter from the crime scene allegedly written by the girl’s relatives in which, they claimed that their daughter was kidnapped two years ago and the killings were a punishment for that.

The girl has been missing since the incident took place.

Brutal murder: Two pregnant women tortured, killed ‘by in-laws’

Two pregnant women were killed in Khanewal and Vehari

allegedly by their husbands abetted by their families.

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KHANEWAL/VEHARI: Two pregnant women were killed in Khanewal and Vehari allegedly by their husbands abetted by their families. The police have arrested both husbands. One of them admitted to killing her wife.

Asma, an eight-month pregnant woman, was killed after torture on Tuesday allegedly by her husband and his family in front of her mother, who had been held by some men, at Kot Abdullah village in Khanewal.

Makhdoompur Pahora police have arrested her husband, Asim. SHO Javed Akhter Gadi said police teams were raiding the surrounding villages to arrest other accused in the case.

Asma’s body was seized by the police when her in-laws were taking it for burial. The police said they did not make any arrests at the time because no crime was established at that point.

An FIR was later registered against the deceased’s husband and his uncle under Sections 302 and 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code. Zahoor Shah, father of the deceased, was the complainant.

The initial chemical report stated that the woman was severally tortured. Dr Nadia at the Khanewal district headquarters (DHQ) hospital said that signs of torture were visible on the woman’s forhead, back and legs. She said that Asma had also been poisoned.

Asma’s mother, Ameera Bibi, who claims to be a witness to the murder, said that her son-in-law, his uncles Mehboob and Khalid allegedly beat up Asma with iron rods. She said she had been held by some men, preventing her from saving her daughter. She said she had gone to Asma’s house on Tuesday to settle a misunderstanding between the couple.

“Her husband suspected her of being in a relationship with someone,” she said, “I trusted my daughter. She could never have cheated on him. I tried to assure him and his family that my daughter was innocent but they would not listen.”

She alleged that Asim and his uncles had planned the meeting, “they suddenly took out iron rods, handcuffed my daughter and started beating her.”

Bibi said she wanted the FIR to be filed under her name because she feared that her husband might get influenced by villagers and end up pardoning the killers. She said Khalid, Asim’s uncle, should also be nominated in the FIR. Dr Yousaf Sumra, the DHQ hospital medical superintendent, said that a comprehensive autopsy report would take up to 10 days.

He said samples of the deceased’s blood had been sent to Multan and Lahore to determine the cause of her death.

Killed over suspicion

Shaista, Vehari’s chak 51 WB resident, was killed by her husband allegedly over suspicions of having an illicit relationship. She was eight months pregnant.

Yousaf and his father, Hafeez, were arrested by the police on Tuesday. Talking to The Express Tribune, Yousaf admitted that he had killed his wife. He said they had not been on good terms for a few months. “I was fed up with her complaints about my parents. She wanted me to move out of my parents’ house,” he said.

Shaista’s father, Ghaffar, said that her daughter was killed because Yousaf and his family suspected her of having an illicit relationship. He said Yousaf regularly beat up his daughter. “He refused to own the baby,” he added.

SHO Falak Sher Bhatti of Saddar police said that the woman had been choked to death by stuffing a piece of cloth in her mouth.

A post mortem examination was conducted at the Vehari district headquarters (DHQ) hospital. The report has not yet been made public but hospital sources said that it was clear that the woman had been pregnant and that she died after severe torture.

9-year-old gang raped and murdered

Police officials have arrested three men on suspicion
for the assault.

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MULTAN: A post mortem report of a 9-year-old girl revealed that she had been gang raped and murdered.

Three people have been identified in the medical report and doctors at Nishtar Hospital said that the child had been hand cuffed and cut with a knife before she was raped several times.

“The medical report confirms that the victim died during the assault and at least three different men were involved,” said Nishtar Hospital’s Dr Shahid.

The victim was a resident of Khudaad Colony and the eldest of five children.

Her father told police officials that his daughter was kidnapped on Thursday and that he had registered an FIR with the police. “On Saturday evening I found her body in a garbage dump outside my house,”  he said.

“A group of children found the body and my son and other daughter recognised who it was,” he said, adding that his children told him about the body.

The girl’s body was handed over to Nishtar Hospital in Multan. Medical officials conducted a post mortem and handed the body over to the police. Cantt Police Station superintendent of police (SP) Mehmoodul Hassan assured that stern action would be taken against the criminals involved in the case. “The medical report confirms that at least three men were involved and we have begun questioning neighbours about any suspicious activity in the area,” he said.

Police officials have apprehended three suspects in this regard.

The mens’ DNA and blood samples have been sent to a lab for testing. Residents of the area have protested against the incident and said that the men responsible should be ‘hanged in public’.

“The criminals will be punished according to the law,” the SP said, adding “but there is immense public pressure on us to catch them and hand them over to the public.”

Police have lodged FIR No 24/2011 in the Cantt Police Station under Section-302 by the father of the victim. The victim had two brothers and two sisters and her mother is currently in the hospital.

“My wife had a heart attack when she found out. She is still in the hospital and the doctors don’t know if she will survive,” the victim’s father said.

Police officials have said that they are presently waiting for the DNA results of the suspects to proceed with their investigation. “We have three suspects in custody and are waiting on the evidence,” the SP said.

Update: January 17, 2011

The Express Tribune Lahore desk has clarified that the names of the victims had been changed to protect their identity in the original print edition. The error was an omission of the notification stating this.