Man held for rape, murder of sister-in-law

Police on Tuesday arrested a man on charges of raping and strangling to death his brother's wife within the limits of Malir Cantt police station.

According to Malir Cantt police, the suspect, Ishaq, confessed during initial interrogation to assaulting and murdering 30-year-old Sadia, daughter of Hidayatullah. The victim's body was discovered in a house in Haji Zakaria Goth with a noose around her neck. A case has been registered at Malir Cantt Police Station on the complaint of the deceased's brother, Muhammad Hidayatullah, who also nominated Sadia's mother-in-law Allah Rakhi, her sister-in-law Kausar, Rashid, and her younger brother Adil as suspects.

Hidayat stated that his sister, Sadia, had come to his home with her five children and mother-in-law to attend a family function on August 24.

After returning to her husband's house, he received a call that she had committed suicide. Hidayat said when he came to Sadia's house he found her body on the bed with strangulation marks on her neck and wounds on her nose and forehead. He claimed the in-laws were preparing her grave for burial before police intervention. Hidayat raised a hue and cry and called police helpline 15. The body was shifted to Jinnah Hospital for postmortem where it was confirmed that the victim was brutally assaulted and then strangulated. Sadia had not committed suicide, she was murdered.