The suspect reveals that he was in contact with the murdered woman Anila for the last three years and alleges black magic and blackmail.
PAKISTAN:
The police have solved the case of four bodies, including that of a woman and her three children, found near the railway crossing gate on the Mai Kolachi bypass, and the confessional statement of the arrested suspect has now been recorded.
Police authorities said on Sunday that the main suspect, Mansoor Hussain, was arrested from Lyari area.
Keamari District Police Chief SSP Amjad Ahmed Sheikh said the suspect admitted in a video statement that he brutally murdered the woman and her three children.
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The suspect claimed that on the day of the incident he first took the woman on a motorcycle to a deserted area near Mai Kolachi, where he killed her. He then returned to Kharadar, took the children to the same place one by one and killed them too. He further revealed that he had been in contact with the deceased woman, identified as Anila, for the last three years, alleging that she used taweez, amulets, black magic and blackmail against him.
Police said the suspect often visited the secluded Mai Kolachi area with the woman, giving him detailed knowledge of the place. Investigations also revealed that he had recently rented a house to the woman using his identity card.
SSP Amjad Ahmed Sheikh said that further investigations are underway and legal proceedings are underway based on the suspect’s video confession and other evidence.
Earlier, the four bodies found lying in a culvert near Mai Kolachi Road railway crossing on Friday night were identified as a woman, her daughter and two sons.
The family, from Kharadar, disappeared on December 30. The bodies, initially unidentified, were recovered from a dry sewer and later identified by the woman’s brother.
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The police registered a case of murder under section 302/34 of the Pakistan Penal Code against unknown suspects, with the state as the complainant. According to Acting SSP Keamari District Mahzooz Ali, the deceased included Aneela, 38, her daughter Kishwar Zahra, 13, and her sons Hussain Ali, 15, and Konain Ali, 10.
Preliminary investigations suggest that Aneela was previously married to Amir Mukhtar Ali, who divorced her. Police are also questioning a man named Mansoor, who allegedly had a connection with the deceased.
The gruesome discovery prompted immediate autopsies. Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed confirmed that samples of the bodies were sent to the laboratory to determine the exact cause of death, including testing for narcotics and possible sexual assault.
Examinations revealed serious injuries; Hussain, 15, suffered multiple injuries to his head, face and neck; Konain, 10, had his throat slit; Kishwar suffered similar head and facial trauma; while Aneela suffered serious injuries to her skull and face.
