ISLAMABAD: The judicial magistrate of Shahzad Town on Thursday handed over the custody of Samina Shah to the police for another two days in connection with the Sarah Inam murder case.

Her son Shahnawaz Amir is the principal accused in the murder case. She was arrested on Wednesday following dismissal of her pre-arrest bail petition.

The Shahzad Town police produced the suspect before Judicial Magistrate Amir Aziz Khan and sought her custody.

On Wednesday, the counsel for the deceased’s father argued that the report of Sarah’s postmortem had disclosed that she was murdered about 12-24 hours before Samina made a telephone call to the police.

He also questioned the shutting down of the CCTV system in the house two days before the incident.

Arsal Javed Hashmi, her counsel, argued that she had informed the police about the incident and extended all-out cooperation with the investigation agency.

He however said the police invoked Section 109 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) against her for abetting in the murder. He requested the court to send her on judicial remand.

The judge inquired from the prosecution whether the challan against the accused persons had been prepared or not.

The prosecution informed the court that it will soon be submitted to the court.

The court remanded the suspect in police custody and directed them to produce her after expiry of the remand period.

Published in Dawn, October 21st, 2022