Dial M for murder: Police find woman’s head and shoulders

The body was cut into eight parts and was found over three days.


Rabia Ali April 12, 2012

KARACHI: On Wednesday, someone informed the authorities that a woman’s head and shoulders wrapped in a blue plastic bag were found near Mazaar-e-Quaid.

The police claim that this Jane Doe’s parts were found around the city in eight pieces over three days, similar to a case they dealt with last month. In March, Nasreen’s finely cut up body was found in four different places near the Aga Khan Jamaatkhana in Garden.

While talking about the new Jane Doe case, the police said that her abdomen and legs were found in a garbage dump on Jahangir Road on Monday. The following day, her torso and arms were found near Capri Cinema.

Civil hospital’s medico-legal officers confirmed that the unidentified woman’s body was cut like Nasreen’s. They believe that the woman was fair and in her mid-30s.

According to MLO Karar Abbasi, a piece of black cloth was found in the blue plastic bag with the body.

“The woman was strangled. There are telltale signs on her neck,” he said. “She was cut into eight pieces - her arms were bruised which means that she was probably beaten before she was killed.”

A joint team of policemen and women from Jamshed Quarters and Solider Bazaar police station will be on the look-out for a suspect who they believe drives a while Corolla. Two policewomen will also be sent undercover to Mazaar-e-Quaid to look for the suspect. The police claim that they knew the colour of the suspect’s car from a rickshaw driver who saw a body bag being thrown out of a white car near Capri Cinema.

Murder in numbers

Nasreen’s case is still being investigated as the police traced her cell phone records. The Soldier Bazaar SHO, Khushnood Javed, said that Nasreen’s phone was used by the suspect(s) till March 26, 16 days after she was killed. And then they put her SIM card in another phone. “One of the locations from which the phone was being used was Patel Para,” he said.

According to the police, some of the last phone conversations Nasreen had was with an elderly man from Rawalpindi who had called her to the mazaar to give her some money. After tracing the calls, the DSP said that three men from Rawalpindi, Attock and Taxila were being questioned.

Jamshed Quarters DSP Qaiser A Shah suspects that the same man or gang could be involved in both cases. “We think it is a serial killer or an extremist who believes that by killing women who he suspects have bad morals, he can purify society,” he said. “Several years ago, something similar happened when men were accused of throwing acid on women who wore shalwars or trousers above their ankles along Tariq Road.”

Published in The Express Tribune, April 12th, 2012.

COMMENTS (16)

Adnan | 11 years ago | Reply Obviously it is not one man operation, it is not easy for a man to kidnap a woman and force her to sit in a car. so the suspects are two or more, the more persons involved, more the chances of story to be leaked. Experienced in butchery as the parts are nicely cut. Killer is careless and believes police is bunch of fat pigs ie (using victims cell phone for days) Not a religious fanatic. (lack of warning or note to public, motive?) Has plenty of storage in freezer. He has extreme interest in the news about woman killed by serial killer. (check around you) He must have taken pics through his cell phone for later viewing. He is a serial killer who enjoys attention. Main motive is to get fame and excitement, and a person like this would likely say something while bragging. He is not a psychopath.
Balma | 11 years ago | Reply

Two policewomen will also be sent undercover to Mazaar-e-Quaid to look for the suspect” How smart of our police… they’ve told this in the news

Well, actually, how smart of he reporter to actually write this and really, how smart of the editor to actually let it print.

I understand 'the shaping of hearts and minds' plan of Mr. Bush, but people, oon logo'n kee achhee baatai'n bhee toe seekho.

And, writer, who dials M or X in Pakistan? People dial 6 or 9. And, who is Jane Doe? Did you think you were writing for the sponsors of "shape hearts and minds of Pakistanis"? This newspaper is published in and read by people in Pakistan...mostly.. Even if the sponsor's agenda is to enforce militant Wolf Blitzer's or fanatic Bill O'Reilly's views in Pakistan, even then, who is going to be brainwashed if you write 'dial M for murder' type lines in Pakistan.

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