2 inspectors arrested for abetment in honour killing case in Gujrat
GUJRAT: The Crime Control Department (CCD) arrested two inspectors of Gujrat Police for ‘arresting’ a woman who had contracted a court marriage and handing her over to her family who killed her for contracting the marriage of will with a man of their rival family. Those arrested were identified as Gujrat Saddar SHO Fahadur Rehman and Inspector Ijaz Ahmed who were reportedly involved in abetting…
GUJRAT: Two police inspectors have been arrested in connection with an honour killing case involving a young woman named Zara Mujahid. According to prosecutors, inspectors Fahadur Rehman and Ijaz Ahmed arrested Zara after she contracted a court marriage and then handed her over to her family, who subsequently killed her. The incident occurred in Gujrat, and the accused family had initially registered a theft case against unidentified suspects for allegedly stealing Rs150,000 instead of kidnapping Zara.
Police later took Zara and her husband into custody, but only Zara's husband was arrested while Zara was handed over to her family. The accused family buried Zara's body at night between May 13 and 14 in Jahanian town of district Khanewal. Three months after the incident, police were concerned about Zara's safety and asked her family to bring her to the police station, but the family refused.
The case was registered as an honour killing against 17 members of Zara's family, with 11 identified and ten in police custody, while one has fled the country.
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