Mother of prime suspect arrested in Sara murder case

Arrest takes place after Additional Sessions Judge Sheikh Sohail dismissed bail of Samina Shah

ISLAMABAD:

Islamabad police arrested Samina Shah, mother of the main accused in the Sara Inam murder case, Shahnawaz Amir, on Wednesday.

The arrest took place after Additional Sessions Judge Sheikh Sohail dismissed the bail of Amir's mother.

It is pertinent to note that Samina’s interim bail was extended till October 19.

The murder

Shahnawaz Amir was arrested by the Islamabad Police on September 23, on charges of murdering his wife, Sara Inam.

She was allegedly murdered at their farmhouse in Islamabad's Chak Shehzad suburb, where the suspect lived along with his mother.

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Sources told The Express Tribune that Sara, a Canadian citizen and the accused's third wife, had reached Pakistan from Dubai a day earlier.

According to sources, Sara and Shahnawaz had an altercation over a domestic issue that led to the accused hitting her on the head with an iron dumbbell.

After killing his wife, the accused allegedly put her body in a bathtub. The police later arrested the accused and took him to Shahzad Town Police Station for further investigation.

The parents of the accused have also been nominated in the case.