Uzma murder case: Police recover suspected murder weapon
Her husband, the prime suspect, was scheduled to leave the country a few hours after the murder
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JHELUM:
Police have recovered a pistol which had reportedly been used in the murder of Pakistani-origin German Dr Uzma, who was allegedly killed by her husband.
Sources said the investigators have also made several discoveries in the case.
Uzma’s first husband, Dr Irfan, hailed from the Monan Pind area near Jhelum.
Shahbaz Ali, Uzma’s second husband, used to work at Dr Irfan’s clinic and it was how he had met Uzma. She later divorced her Dr Irfan and married Shahbaz in 2001 before moving to Germany with her new husband.
Uzma and Ali had a joint bank account in Germany which often became a subject of disagreement between the two. She wanted a separate account, while he insisted on continuing to maintain a joint account.
According to sources, Uzma had visited the Jhelum Law College with her husband on the day she was murdered. At the college, Uzma had called her sister Qamarunnissa and told her that she felt threatened by Ali.
Later that day, she was killed.
After the murder, the suspect changed her clothes and took her body to a private hospital, police sources said while quoting investigators. Ali told hospital officials that his wife had fallen down the staircase and requested that they examine her. The hospital, however, refused to examine the body.
When Uzma’s family approached the hospital to recover her body, they learnt that in addition to bearing bruises, she had a bullet wound in her chest. Her postmortem report also lists a gunshot wound as the cause of death.
Ali had subsequently been arrested by police.
Police sources on Thursday said they discovered that Ali had been booked for a flight back to Germany at 11:00pm on the day Uzma was murdered. His travel documents, which confirmed his travel schedule, have also been seized
A pistol, which police suspect to be the murder weapon and owned by Malik Naveed, was also recovered, police officials added.
DPO Jhelum Hasan Asad Alvi told the media that forensic investigations in the murder are under way, but for now, he could not confirm whether the suspect they had in their custody was indeed the killer.
The case will be decided on merit, he added.
The German embassy, meanwhile, said the children of the victim would be given all possible protection and assistance.
(TRANSLATION BY ARSHAD SHAHEEN)
Published in The Express Tribune, December 30th, 2016.
Police have recovered a pistol which had reportedly been used in the murder of Pakistani-origin German Dr Uzma, who was allegedly killed by her husband.
Sources said the investigators have also made several discoveries in the case.
Uzma’s first husband, Dr Irfan, hailed from the Monan Pind area near Jhelum.
Shahbaz Ali, Uzma’s second husband, used to work at Dr Irfan’s clinic and it was how he had met Uzma. She later divorced her Dr Irfan and married Shahbaz in 2001 before moving to Germany with her new husband.
Uzma and Ali had a joint bank account in Germany which often became a subject of disagreement between the two. She wanted a separate account, while he insisted on continuing to maintain a joint account.
According to sources, Uzma had visited the Jhelum Law College with her husband on the day she was murdered. At the college, Uzma had called her sister Qamarunnissa and told her that she felt threatened by Ali.
Later that day, she was killed.
After the murder, the suspect changed her clothes and took her body to a private hospital, police sources said while quoting investigators. Ali told hospital officials that his wife had fallen down the staircase and requested that they examine her. The hospital, however, refused to examine the body.
When Uzma’s family approached the hospital to recover her body, they learnt that in addition to bearing bruises, she had a bullet wound in her chest. Her postmortem report also lists a gunshot wound as the cause of death.
Ali had subsequently been arrested by police.
Police sources on Thursday said they discovered that Ali had been booked for a flight back to Germany at 11:00pm on the day Uzma was murdered. His travel documents, which confirmed his travel schedule, have also been seized
A pistol, which police suspect to be the murder weapon and owned by Malik Naveed, was also recovered, police officials added.
DPO Jhelum Hasan Asad Alvi told the media that forensic investigations in the murder are under way, but for now, he could not confirm whether the suspect they had in their custody was indeed the killer.
The case will be decided on merit, he added.
The German embassy, meanwhile, said the children of the victim would be given all possible protection and assistance.
(TRANSLATION BY ARSHAD SHAHEEN)
Published in The Express Tribune, December 30th, 2016.