Court summons Shahnawaz’s lawyer to cross-examine witnesses

• Court docket information feminine constable Shakeela Kausar’s assertion.
• Additionally information assertion of crime scene’s incharge.
• Adjourns the listening to until January 18.

A district and classes courtroom in Islamabad Wednesday summoned the prime suspect in Sarah Inam’s homicide case Shahnawaz Amir’s lawyer for cross-examination of the witnesses within the subsequent listening to — who didn’t attend as we speak’s listening to. 

Prosecutor Rana Hasan Abbas and the plaintiff’s lawyer Rao Abdul Rahim appeared in courtroom. In the meantime, Shahnawaz was additionally offered earlier than the courtroom as we speak. The sufferer’s father — Inam-ur-Rahim — was additionally current. 

Throughout as we speak’s listening to, the courtroom recorded feminine constable Shakeela Kausar’s assertion. 

In her assertion, Shakeela stated that she reached the crime scene at 10:40pm the place Shahnawaz was current. 

“Shahnawaz confessed that he had murdered his ex-wife Sarah Inam and in addition confessed that her physique is within the bathtub,” she stated. 

The feminine constable stated that the sufferer’s husband took the police to the physique himself. “He additionally instructed the police in regards to the dumbbell that was hidden below the couch and it was lined in Sarah’s blood,” she added. 

At the moment, the Nationwide Forensic Science Company’s (NFSA) crew reached the spot, she stated. 

Shakeela stated that the police shifted the sufferer’s physique to the Polyclinic Hospital in an ambulance the place an post-mortem was carried out on her. 

“I gave Sarah Inam’s garments to the investigating officer,” she stated. 

The courtroom additionally recorded the assertion of the crime scene’s incharge Mohammad Rizwan. 

The courtroom adjourned the listening to until January 18.

The case

Police registered a primary data report (FIR) on the grievance of Station Home Officer (SHO) Nawazish Ali Khan on Friday (September 23) below Part 302 (punishment for homicide) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

The FIR talked about that the suspect’s mom, Sameena Shah, known as the police on Friday (September 23) to tell them that her son, Shahnawaz, had killed his spouse with a dumbbell.

In line with the FIR, Sameena instructed the police that her son was in the home and had hidden the physique of his spouse. Following this, the police raided the home.

Within the grievance, the police stated that Shahnawaz had locked himself inside his room and when the personnel broke inside, there have been blood spots on his arms and garments.

As soon as the police received maintain of Shahnawaz, he, based on the FIR, confessed to hitting his spouse repeatedly with a dumbbell throughout an argument after which later hiding the Canadian nationwide’s physique within the bathtub.

The “homicide weapon”, the FIR quoted Shahnawaz as saying, was hidden below his mattress. Police, after inspecting the dumbbell, reportedly discovered blood and hair on it. They later despatched it for forensics.