K-P police arrests individual accused of shooting explicit video of two girls

Police suspect murder of the girls was as an act of ‘honour-killing’

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) police on Wednesday apprehended an individual accused of being involved in making an obscene video clip of two teenage girls, who were later murdered.

The North Waziristan District Police Officer Shafiullah Gandapur said the confession of the accused of his crimes before the judge is a "great success".

“During the confessional statement, the accused accepted that he used a cell phone of his friend, Fida Wazir, who is also in police custody,” he said.



Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sanaullah Abbasi announced a cash reward and commendation certificates for the police party responsible for the investigation and subsequent arrest.

“Newly merged police will serve the public and ensure justice and will fight for the rights of women,” the IGP said.

The provincial police had launched a manhunt following the murder of the two teenage girls last week in North Waziristan, which the police suspect was an act of "honour killing”.

Police say the video which they believe prompted the girls’ murder was shot a year ago but had only recently been uploaded on social media.

“The females were sisters, identified as Jasima Bibi and Saeeda Bibi,” North Waziristan police chief Shafiullah Gandapur told Reuters.

Their family had been displaced by a military operation against militants in their hometown, he added.

He said the man who was filmed kissing them in a 44-second video was arrested on Monday together with a friend who police believe uploaded the video, but police believe the murder suspect fled to Karachi.

Police also said the girls’ father and uncle had been arrested on suspicion of concealing the murder and evidence.



Officials further said the girls’ relatives and local residents did not want a case registered because of “local traditions”, so the police became the complainant in the case.

Thousands of incidents of violence against women perceived to have “damaged” family honour are reported in Pakistan each year and many more go unreported, rights groups say.

Pakistan enacted legislation to protect against “honour killings” in 2016.

(With additional input from Reuters)