ISLAMABAD: Police in Islamabad and Rawalpindi have registered separate murder cases against four persons on the charges of killing their father and two sisters over a property dispute a day earlier.
In Rawalpindi, the police nominated four brothers of the deceased woman - Mohammad Ali (prime suspect), Shujaat Ali, Sabahat Ali and Mohammad Shahid.
In the capital, the case was registered on behalf of the state, and the complaint was lodged by a police sub-inspector stationed at Shahzad Town police station under section 302 (murder) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of Pakistan Penal Code.
The police booked three brothers along with their maternal uncle on the charge of murdering their father and a sister in Irfanabad, Tramri.
According to the FIR, Station House Officer (SHO) Saddar Berooni, Rawalpindi informed the capital police that they had arrested a resident of Tramri, who confessed that he along with his two brothers and a maternal uncle had murdered his father Mehmood Hussain and sister Shabnam Zahra by stabbing them.
After getting information, the Shahzad Town police reached the house and recovered the bodies. The preliminary investigation suggested that the four persons had murdered them for property.
Injured infant dies
An infant boy who was injured when his mother was stabled to death allegedly by her brother a day earlier died in the emergency unit of Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) on Tuesday.
Mohammad Salar Hamza, three-month-old son of Hamza Izhar, resident of Kashmir Colony Adiala, was admitted to hospital with a cut in his throat.
Police said Mohammad Ali, 27, allegedly killed his father and a sister in Tramri, Islamabad.
He then proceeded to his other sister’s home in Adiala Road Rawalpindi where he murdered his sister Anjum Zahra and slit his nephew’s throat.
The suspect was waiting for his brother-in-law to come home to also target him when he was overpowered by the local residents and handed over to the police.
The police obtained four-day physical remand custody of the suspect from the court on Tuesday.
The Saddar Berooni police registered an FIR on the complaint of Hamza Izhar, father of the infant.
The complainant said his wife Anjum Zahra had a property dispute with her brothers Mohammad Ali, Shujaat Ali, Sabahat Ali and Mohammad Shahid.
He said his parents and wife along with the minor son were present in the house when the suspect entered and went to his wife’s room.
He pulled out a knife stabbed her.
“As my wife fell down on the floor, he slit her throat.”
The alleged killer proceeded to his infant nephew who was lying on the bed and also slit his throat.
He said as his parents started screaming, people in the neighbourhood gathered and overpowered the
alleged killer and handed him to the police. He said his wife died.
Published in Dawn, August 13th, 2025
