GUJRAT: A man, who had recently returned from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), turned out to be the killer of his younger brother, who was found murdered near Dharekri village in the precincts of Daulat Nagar police station a couple of days ago.
As per police sources, initial investigations revealed that the victim, Sufian (24), a resident of Roperi village, had allegedly been killed by his brother over an honour-related issue.
The sources say that Sufian had left his house on a motorbike to go to Gujrat city on Monday, but did not return home till late in the evening. His father, Khalid, searched for his son but to no avail. He finally reported the matter to the police.
Meanwhile, the police found the body of a youth near Kharian-Sambrial motorway near Dharekri village late on Monday night. The body was later identified as the missing youth, Sufian. The victim’s mobile phone and motorcycle were missing from the scene. On being called, a team of the Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) reached the scene and collected evidence.
A spokesman for Gujrat police says that District Police Officer Faisal Shahzad had constituted a special team to trace and arrest the killer(s). He says that the team used modern gadgets and technology to trace the suspect, who turned out to be the victim’s elder brother Bilal, who had recently returned from the KSA.
According to police, the suspect, during interrogation, confessed to have killed his younger brother with a knife. He said that he also took away the victim’s motorbike, which was later found from a place near Kotla.
The spokesman says that the suspect revealed that he returned from the KSA on Oct 17 without informing his family. The suspect said that he called Sufian to Gujrat and told him that as he wanted to give a surprise to his wife and other family members, he should not inform anyone about his return.
The spokesperson says that on their way to their native Roperi village, Bilal asked Sufian to stop the bike as he wanted to urinate. As Sufian stopped the bike, Bilal attacked him, stabbing him repeatedly with a knife. Sufian was critically injured and died on the spot.
The suspect fled the scene on the victim’s bike.
As per police sources, the suspect murdered his younger brother allegedly over suspicion of having relations with his wife.
MURDER CASE: Police claim to have solved the blind murder of a 39-year-old woman and said that her husband and his female friend turned out to be her killers in the Tanda police precincts.
A Gujrat Police spokesperson said that one Ishfaq lodged a complaint with the police that on Sept 25 his wife, Naseem Bibi, had gone missing. He alleged that she might have been kidnapped by some unidentified suspects, after which police lodged a kidnap case and launched a search.
However, he said, her mutilated body was found in a field near their house a few days after the incident and murder charges were added in the case.
The spokesperson claimed that police later grilled the husband, who confessed to killing his wife after she spotted him with another woman.
He claimed the suspects, the husband and his female friend, had killed the woman by hitting her head with a brick and had thrown her body in the nearby fields.
Police have arrested both suspects.
Published in Dawn, October 21st, 2026
