Defendants get CCTV footage transcript in Noor case

ISLAMABAD:

A brief transcript of the CCTV footage of Noor Muqqadam murder, which has been provided to the defence lawyers, has disclosed harrowing scenes.

According to the transcript, the time of the DVR camera, from where the footage had been accessed, was 35 minutes ahead of the local standard time.

According to the description, Noor Muqqadam could be seen entering the house of Zahir Jaffer, the prime suspect, at 10:18 pm on July 18 while talking on the phone. As she entered the house, watchman Iftikhar could also be seen in the video footage.

Then, Zahir Jaffer and Noor Muqqaddam could be seen exiting the house at 2:40 am with bags and then re-entering it after keeping them in a taxi.

In another clip, Noor Muqqadam could be seen running towards the main gate of the house barefoot and desperately before watchman Iftikhar shut the gate at her.

According to the transcript, Zahir Jaffer appears at the gate and grabs the victim, who pleads to let her go. Zahir Jaffer drags Noor inside the house and at 2.46 am, both were seen leaving the house in the taxi, parked outside the house.

At 2:52 am, they both return and enter the house with the bags they had earlier kept in the taxi while the watchman Iftikhar could be seen opening the gate for them.

At 7:12 pm, Noor could be seen jumping off the first floor and falling on the grill of the ground floor with her mobile phone. Then she hobbles towards the main gate, but the watchman and another man, who was later found out to be the gardener, close the door before Zahir Jaffer, who could be seen jumping from the terrace of the first floor and running, grabs her.

He could be seen locking the victim in a cabin built inside the house and then opening it and snatching the victim’s mobile phone. Then, the suspect dragged her inside the house.

At 8:06 pm, a five to six members team of Therapy Works could be seen entering the house at 8:42 pm and attempting to enter the house.

The Therapy Works team could be seen coming out of the house with an injured person at 8:55 pm.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 9^th, 2021.