Husband, maid grilled in Hina Javed murder case

Rawalpindi police convened a high-powered committee on Friday to investigate the murder of Hina Javed, whose body was discovered in her home on August 21. The committee, comprising Additional IG Crime Control Department Sohail Chatta, DIG Lahore Shoaib Khurram Janbaz, and SSP Investigation Rawalpindi Saifullah, interrogated Hina's husband and domestic servant in Adiala jail. The team also visited the crime scene and interviewed Hina's family members.

The committee will review the forensic report findings, although they have been analyzing case files since their receipt in Lahore. The panel does not have a deadline to submit their report due to pending reports. Rawalpindi police have received reports from the Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PSFA) containing crucial evidence implicating Hina's domestic servant in her murder. However, police authorities have not disclosed the PSFA's findings.

Initial postmortem examinations and the police report suggested Hina's body was found in her apartment's washroom, showing signs of torture such as strangulation marks around her neck, injury below her right lip, and bleeding nose. Hina's family had previously raised concerns over the Rawalpindi police investigation, submitting letters to the Parliamentary Caucus Committee and the National Commission for Human Rights.