LAHORE: A young lawyer, his wife and their three-month-old daughter were found murdered in their house in a private housing scheme in Chuhng area here on Sunday.

As per police, the bodies of Advocate Amanat Ali (33) and his wife Shahbana (30) were found lying in a pool of blood in their house with their throats slit open, while their minor daughter was strangled.

The police investigators, who inspected the crime scene, suspect that the couple and their daughter might have been killed over a ‘deep grudge’ as ordinary killers usually spare sucklings in such crimes.

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar took notice of the incident and directed the inspector general of police to get investigated the triple murder on a priority basis and trace the killers as soon as possible.

A police official said quoting the forensic experts that the man and his wife were tied with a rope, before being killed with a sharp-edged weapon, to avoid resistance. The investigators also found deep cuts and bruises on the bodies, he added.

He said various articles were found scattered in the room where the bodies were lying.

The official said samples collected from the crime scene had been dispatched for forensic analysis, while police also visited the street and nearby residences to get footage of the CCTV cameras to trace the killer(s).

To a question, he said, the mother of the slain lawyer was living in a portion of the house, but she says she did not notice any unusual activity.

However, he said, some locals told the police about some suspicious movement in the house early in the morning and investigators were trying to get details in this regard.

About the identity of the killers and the possible motive behind the heinous crime, the police official said a real brother of the deceased lawyer had got released some two years back from jail, who would be interrogated.

He added that a close relative of the deceased man also shared some information about Amanat having enmity with some people and the police were looking into it.

A police source said a suspect had been taken into custody by Chuhng police in connection with the incident and shifted to the police station for interrogation.

The bodies have been sent to the city morgue for autopsy.

Published in Dawn, February 28th, 2022