KARACHI: A judicial magistrate recorded on Saturday the
confessional statements of a teenage girl and her fiancé in a case
pertaining to the murder of her younger sister in a Malir area.
The
18-year-old girl and her fiancé have been booked for allegedly killing
her 16-year-old sister during what the police claimed was a staged
robbery in her Malir home on Dec 5. Two brothers have also been held for
abetting them.
After the end of their four-day police
remand, the investigating officer produced the suspects before a
judicial magistrate (East) and informed the court that the girl and her
fiancé were willing to record their confessional statements under
Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
After completing legal formalities, the magistrate recorded their confessional statements.
The
girl admitted that she killed her sister since the victim was
blackmailing her while her fiancé said that he and the female suspect
slit the victim’s throat.
Suspect records confessional statement in college student’s murder case
After recording their confessional statements, the
magistrate sent the suspects to prison on judicial remand and directed
the IO to complete the investigations and come up with a progress
report.
The parents of the female suspect were also present during the hearing.
Police
said the teenage girl had, with the help of her fiancé, allegedly
orchestrated the murder of her younger sister as the victim had
friendship with one of the detained brothers and she allegedly helped
both brothers to visit her home in the absence of their parents and to
blackmail the female suspect.
Initially, the FIR was
lodged under Sections 397 (dacoity or robbery with attempt to cause
death or grievous injury) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan
Penal Code (PPC) on a complaint of the deceased’s father at the Saudabad
police station.
According to the FIR, two men broke into
the house for robbery, stabbed the teenage girl to death for putting up
resistance and took away cash, jewellery and other valuables.
However,
the IO replaced Section 397 with Sections 302 (premeditated murder),
376 (punishment for rape) and 109 (abetment) of the PPC in the remand
papers.
College student murder case
Another judicial magistrate recorded on Saturday the
confessional statement of a suspect in a case pertaining to the murder
of a college student in the Seaview area.
Khawar Hussain
Burney, his guard Abdul Rehman and three underage brothers — Haider
Hussain Burney, Hasan Hussain Burney and Hasnain Hussain Burney — along
with their absconding accomplices have been booked for allegedly killing
18-year-old college student, Zafir Ahmed Zuberi, on Abdul Sattar Edhi
Avenue near Seaview on Dec 3.
The IO moved an application
before a judicial magistrate (South) for recording the confessional
statement of suspect Rehman and the magistrate recorded his statement
under Section 164 of the CrPC.
Later, the magistrate sent
the suspect to prison on judicial remand and directed the IO to file an
investigation report till Dec 18.
Raza Hussain Burney
and his brother Haris Hussain Burney, Danish, Hammad, Noman, Umar
Pirwani and a woman, Mehak are absconding in the case.
Police
said that the suspects had allegedly gunned down the 18-year-old
student and caused injuries to his friend on Abdul Sattar Edhi Avenue
near Seaview after the victims travelling in a Mercedes had hit a
motorcyclist who was involved in bike racing near the beach. The
motorcyclist’s friends travelling in a Vigo chased them and opened
indiscriminate fire on them.
