Letter discovered from her room while investigation.
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police have quashed rumours about a Peshawar-based medical student, who was suspected of having links with global terror outfit Islamic State (IS), after she was successfully recovered from Karachi having remained in hiding for over a week on Monday.
According to a high-ranking police official, the girl was suffering from a medical condition and was on medication. “There's a rumour on social and mainstream media that a girl from Peshawar who went missing is a suicide bomber,” Peshawar police SSP Sajjad Khan tweeted. “These are baseless!”
There's a rumour on Social Media & mainstream media that a girl from #Peshawar that went missing is a suicide bomber. These are baseless!
— Sajjad Khan (@sajjadk7) September 18, 2017
The girl had left her home in Peshawar after being snubbed by her parents for her ‘liberal’ leanings and poor academic record, the SSP said, adding she arrived in Karachi by Khyber Mail. “She wanted to teach her mother and brother a lesson,” Khan explained.
During probe, the girl informed she did not want to remain a student of the medical college but her mother always wanted her to become a physician. At times, she added, her mother got aggressive and treated her harshly.
“She rejects all rumours which alleged her of having links with the global terror outfit,” the SSP said. The girl, he added, will now be presented before a court under police custody where she will record her statement.
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