Punjab forms body to review probe in Hina Javed murder case
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has formed a three-member high-powered committee to review the investigation in the murder case of Hina Javed in which her husband and a domestic servant have been placed on judicial remand in Adiala jail. On the other hand, the Rawalpindi police have received forensic and the final postmortem reports which showed marks of torture and other crucial evidence.…
The Punjab government has established a three-member high-powered committee to review the investigation into the murder case of Hina Javed. The deceased's husband and a domestic servant are currently in judicial remand at Adiala jail. Rawalpindi police have received forensic and final postmortem reports, which revealed marks of torture and other crucial evidence pointing towards the domestic servant's involvement in Ms Javed's murder.
The committee, consisting of Additional IG Crime Control Department Sohail Chattha, DIG Lahore Shoaib Khurram Janbaz, and SSP Investigation Rawalpindi Saifullah, has been formed per the instructions of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif. They will arrive in Rawalpindi this week to review the investigation conducted by the local police and visit the crime scene.
Initial findings suggested Ms Javed, 45, had been found with signs of strangulation and injuries, with her body partially hanging from a washroom shower, hands tied behind her back, and a wire noose around her neck. The police registered a murder case against the victim's husband, Mr Faisal, a PhD holder, and his domestic worker, Zeeshan Arshad.
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