Police find clue about culprits involved in burning woman to death

islamabad-The police teams investigating the murder of a woman in Shah Allah Ditta area have got some clues that would help investigators reaching close to the culprits involved in the killing. 

The investigators believed that the murder case would be worked out soon as they have shortlisted a couple of key suspects in the incident. These views were expressed by Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Islamabad Dr Syed Mustafa Tanveer while talking to The Nation here on Saturday. He said police have obtained CCTV footage from cameras installed along with the ways leading to the incident place. He said the process of identification of the deceased woman continued. He said police would nab the killers soon. On a query, he said investigators found some clues that the woman was thrown from hill top to ditch after setting on fire by unidentified culprits.  Earlier, officials of Police Station (PS) Golra Sharif registered a murder case on complaint of ASI Muhammad Hanif against unknown killers involved in setting the girl ablaze in hilly area of Shah Allah Ditta two days ago. 

According to contents of FIR, lodged under sections 302/201 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), a man namely Humayun Kabir told police that he is serving as Gardner of Forest Department in Area Number RF-23. He stated he along with his colleague Liauqat Ali was moving towards workplace when he received a phone call from Hameed Khan, another employee of forest department. “Hameed shared with me that there is a fire in bushes and weeds near Chota Morr. On this, we both rushed to the location to extinguish fire as part of our duty,” he added. He further told police they saw some seven persons gathered on the said place who told them that unknown killers had burnt a woman to death. He said they extinguished fire and alerted police about occurrence of the crime. 

Police, while taking action, rushed to the scene and shifted the body to PIMS for autopsy.  A murder case was registered against unidentified killers while further investigation was underway. 

Article source: https://nation.com.pk/24-Jan-2021/police-find-clue-about-culprits-involved-in-burning-woman-to-death