Police in Rawalpindi have traveled to Muzaffrabad as part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged honor murder of Sider Arab, 21, in the Pirwadhai area.
The team, led by the sub -inspector Shoaib Ahmed, aims to verify the victim’s supposed second marriage with a man named Usman and obtain related documentation. Usman and his family will formally include investigation, and their statements will be registered, police sources said.
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Cider was killed in what the police suspect that it was a murder led by the family linked to their marriage elections.
Seven suspects: Emisatullah, Ziaur Rehman, Arabic Gul, Amani Gul, Zafarullah, Saleh Muhammad and Rickshaw Khayal Muhammad driver, enter police custody with physical prison.
Two others, Semedigger Rashid Mehmood and the secretary of the Saifur Rehman Cemetery Committee are in judicial custody in Adiala Jail.
Police have also seized CCTV images of the Ismatullah residence, but said that decoding the DVR system of the device has been difficult. Technical experts have been brought to help.
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The authorities said they are particularly examining the activity captured between July 11 and 17 and in the following days.
Until now, the police have recovered key evidence, including the charger, Rickshaw supposedly used to move the cider body, the tools of fingering tombs and other material. According to the reports, the pillow used in the murder remains without accounting.
The samples collected during the exhumation have been presented to the Punjab Forensic Sciences Agency in Lahore.
The physical return of the suspects will end on Friday, August 1, when the police are expected to present them before the Court and inform the judge about the progress of the investigation.
