Killing Of Two Sisters: Suspected killer gets pre-arrest bail

RAWALPINDI: The suspected killer of two sisters on Wednesday obtained pre-arrest transitory bail from the District and Sessions Judge Haripur on his demand to approach a Rawalpindi court for bail. A police officer investigating the case of the two sisters, Saira Naz and Saima Naz, told The Express Tribune that the accused, Asad Ali had been granted transitory bail by DSJ Haripur Shaber Ali till June 27. Ali, an employee of Department of Cooperation Punjab, has been accused of killing the two sisters and injuring their third sister, Sobia, in their private hostel in Lal Kurti, Rawalpindi. The mother of victims had accused Ali of killing her daughters after one of them, Saira, refused to marry him. The broad day light murder had sparked fear among residents of the congested area and police had been trying to arrest the accused. Both the deceased sister were working women and were also running the private girls’ hotel in a rented building to support their family in Jhand Basal, a village in Attock.



Published in The Express Tribune, June 23^rd, 2011.