PESHAWAR, Jan 30: An official of Pakistan Air Force accused of killing his two wives was acquitted by the trial court on Tuesday.

The court presided over by additional district and sessions judge Aimon Zia observed that the prosecution could not prove its case against the accused.

The accused, Ajmal Khan, was arrested by the local police after his two wives — Abida and Naheed — were killed inside their residence on Feb 21, 2000. The accused had reported to the police that when he returned back from his official duty he saw both his wives killed inside their respective rooms.

The mother-in-law of the accused, Shamshad bibi, charged him with the murder of his daughter. The deceased were provided with some drugs and when they had gone unconscious they were fired on the forehead.

Senior advocate Abdul Sattar Khan appeared for the accused and argued that he was not present on the spot and it was a case of no witness. The counsel took plea of alibi, stating that it was on record that the accused had gone to his office and performed his routine duty. He added that the deceased were killed during his presence in his office.

Mr Khan stated that it was a case of unseen occurrence. Moreover, he added that the prosecution could not bring forward any concrete motive on the basis of which the accused could kill his two wives.

The instant case had created a lot of unrest among the inhabitants of the area. The accused had even not granted bail by the Supreme Court, High Court and sessions court.