Decapitated bodies of four women found in Karachi flat

A man and his two sons were arrested after four women were found decapitated at a flat in a residential building in Karachi, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Saturday.

The slain women were identified as 51-year-old Shehnaz, 19-year-old Ayesha, 18-year-old Madiha and 13-year-old Aleena.

The arrested man, Muhammad Farooq, was said to be the husband of Shehbaz but he claimed that he and his sons were not at home at the time of the murders.

In his statement to police, Farooq, a resident of Lee Market, said the murdered women were his wife, daughter, granddaughter and a daughter-in-law. He told the police that the family had nor any enmity not had suspicion on anybody.

Farooq informed the police that when he returned home after work, he found the house locked from inside, adding he knocked at the door repeatedly, but no response came. “Then my son came after work, he managed to open the door,” he added.

When they entered the house, they found the decapitated bodies of their women, Farooq said and added their throats were slashed with a sharp-edged weapon.

Police have started investigation after shifting the dead bodies to Civil Hospital.

The police said they found the women’s bodies in four different rooms of their 7^th-storey flat, located at Bantwa Street of Zainab Arcade in Lee Market. Their bodies carried torture marks, the police added.

The police further said that the only these four women were at home at the time of the murder and the killed fled the crime scene along with the murder weapon.

The police said that they were trying to get the footage from the CCTV cameras installed in the Bantwa Street.

The police said they suspected that someone close to the family was involved in these murders.

Later the police got hold of the CCTV footage, according to which Farooq went to drop her daughter to her at home in Jubilee at 2:20 am. Shehnaz’s son Bilawal was also present with cuts on his hands, said the sources in police.

Bilawal, who works as a coaster driver, was also seen on the motorcycle with Farooq.

Police detained both the sons Bilal and Sameer and took them to police station for further investigation.

Farooq’s two daughter were married and his wife Shehnaz often rang at the police station and complained against her husband, the police sources said.

Meanwhile, the police have declared detained Bilal as the prime suspect. 

Man stabs pregnant wife to death

A pregnant woman has been stabbed to death over a domestic dispute in the limits of Shah Faisal Colony police station in Karachi.

After the burial of the slain woman Laiba, her family reached the Shah Faisal Colony police station for lodging a murder case.

The father of the deceased woman told the police that Laiba and Abdullah got married in the month of June of their own choice.

He stated that the accused Abdullah and Laiba were working together at a call centre.

Father of the accused told him on the phone last night that his daughter has cut her hand and when he reached Jinnah Hospital, he found his daughter dead with her throat slit, the father of deceased stated.

The sister of the deceased woman told the police that Laiba talked to her last night and told her that she was tortured by her in-laws.

However, police registered a case and arrested the accused Abdullah.

Police said that investigation is going on and cause of death will reveal after post-mortem.

Reporters Faran Khan , Anusha Jaffery and Nimra Riasat