Matron allegedly beaten to death by Russian female inmates at Gadani central jail
A matron who was deployed on duty at the women's barrack inside Central Jail, Gadani in Balochistan's Lasbela district was beaten to death allegedly by Russian female inmates, police said on Tuesday.
The body of 23-year-old Zoya Naz, who was performing the night duty at the women's barrack, was found in a pool of blood on Tuesday morning, according to a First Information Report (FIR) of the incident registered on a complaint of the deputy superintendent of the Gadani jail.
As per the FIR, seen by Dawn.com, Zoya, who hailed from Gadani, had entered the women's barrack at 5pm on Monday to begin her shift which was to end at 8am on Tuesday.
However, when the jail's head warden went to open the gate of the women's barrack at 6am, he was informed by an inmate that the Russian female prisoners at the facility had "brutally" murdered Zoya overnight.
Police officials found the matron's body lying in a pool of blood by the gate of the barrack. According to the FIR, prisoners told police that at around 12:30am, three Russian female inmates strangled Zoya with a rope and repeatedly struck her head with a cement block and her face with a stone. The victim reportedly died on the spot.
The three Russian inmates, who were nominated in the FIR registered under Sections 302 (premeditated murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code, have been incarcerated in the Gadani jail for the past five months, according to Shakeel Ahmed Baloch, the jail superintendent. They were arrested in Quetta under the Foreign Act; although their jail sentence had ended, they were shifted to Gadani jail until the legal procedure for their deportation was completed at the Russian consulate in Karachi.
Hub Assistant Superintendent of Police Naveed Alam told DawnNewsTV that police had found in their initial probe that the Russain prisoners, who were Muslims, had engaged in an argument with the deceased matron over a religious issue.
Further investigations of the murder are underway.
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Tragic... R I P
Gordon D. Walker
Canada
RIP. Something very intriguing in all this tragedy.
Keep them behind bars for another 30 years.
How unfortunate. I think a complete investigation is needed.
Something very odd about his story, why would these women kill the matron when they were already in the process of being released? And was there only one female on duty that night? Where was the rest of the jail staff?
Unbelievable
Why would someone do this whenever they are about to get out of jail? That sounds plainly intolerance - without knowing the details
My thoughts are with the deceased and the aggrieved family.
This whole story sounds very fishy; someone does not want those female Russians to leave the prison for very obvious reasons! Poor matron. This case should be investigated properly and every inmate present there should be interviewed by a specialist team from a different province.
How do prisoners have access to ropes, bricks, stones? How many time was this poor woman killed? hung, then crushed? Why was this not found out till the morning. Either this is a bad story from the authorities or just poor reporting. May the young victim rest in peace.
Need to know about this particular episod.
The delay in releasing three Russian women from jail and the delay in their deportation has taken the life of Pakistani matron Zoya Naz.
Very dubious.
Must be investigated by honest officials to find the truth as the story reported is not digestible.Jail staff is the bleakest part in our corruption Bermuda triangle.
@Zeeshan Ahmed , Hub Assistant Superintendent of Police Naveed Alam told DawnNewsTV that police had found in their initial probe that the Russain prisoners, who were Muslims, had engaged in an argument with the deceased matron over a religious issue
So, other inmates kept quiet for 5.30 hours until warden came. Strange?
Post-mortem report can reveal that the matron died due to eventual cardiac arrest (that’s how people die in the cells).
Follow the money.
This will be quite a test of our judicial system. Will the law take its course or will our government cave under pressure from Russia and close the matter? It is not an easy question - we need all the support we need in international forums and Russia has a veto power. What will happen?
Nope...that’s not what seems to have happened.
I smell a cover up. A poor girl is dead and 3 Russians who were about to be released are the accused.
give it another 2 days.. the russian inmates will confess to killing the warden. i am sure they know how to extract confession. and then the confession will be produced in court as evidence.
Very fishy a story. Somebody is surely cooking something.
This sounds weird.
something very dodgy about this whole story, perhaps deeper investigation is required.
Strange. Story doesn't make sense. Why would the Russians murder someone while awaiting release? Wasn't there any other staff? What about other inmates? Nobody intervened? No alarm system? Strange.
Rest in peace... But why would they kill her at such a juncture of they release
Matron name sounds like Christian to me. RIP
This is Pakistani jail. Anything can happen. But something fishy.
Sad and bad