KARACHI: Investigators probing the Gujranwala couple’s murder case have found that the deceased man had embraced Islam before marrying the Muslim girl.

Police registered an FIR regarding the murder of Sajid Masih and Sana, whose bullet-riddled bodies were found at Clifton beach on Monday.

South DIG Syed Asad Raza told Dawn that during the investigations the police found documents that showed Sajid had embraced Islam at a local seminary in Karachi.

He said that the deceased’s father Arif Masih had provided a nikahnama and conversion certificate to the police.

He said that Sajid’s father told the police that he had left Gujranwala on July 14 after his son and Sana eloped. He claimed that his house was set on fire by Mustansar, a friend of the deceased girl’s brother Waqas Ali.

Bodies of Sajid Masih and Sana were found a day earlier; murder case registered

In Karachi, the DIG said Sajid met his cousin Babar Islam, who told the police that Sajid called him on July 18 and asked him for some money. Babar met and brought him, Sana and Waqas’ friend Ehtisham home, where they stayed till July 27.

On July 27, Sajid’s father came to Babar’s home and took all three to a nearby house owned by Nadeem Anwar. The son and father had an altercation but they later had dinner together.

According to Arif Masih, Sajid and Ehtisham left the house at around 2:00am on July 28 and returned at 4:00am. Then they took Sana with them and the next morning their bodies were found, the DIG said.

‘Two involved in shooting’

The DIG said it was revealed that at least two men were involved in the shooting, as two different bullet casings, one from a 9mm pistol and the other from a 30-bore pistol, were recovered from the crime scene.

The officer said the victims had been neighbours in a Gujranwala village and had left their homes on July 15 on their own free will.

Waqas had lodged an FIR there and accused Sajid of kidnapping his sister. He said he had two sisters, one married, while the other, Sana, was unmarried. He added that their parents had passed away.

According to the FIR registered by ASI Mohammed Gulzar of Boat Basin police, the two bullet-riddled bodies were found in a ditch near Clifton beach.

They were identified through fingerprints via the Talash device of the police and sent to Chhipa morgue after medico-legal formalities at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.

Published in Dawn, July 30th, 2025