JHELUM: Police showed negligence in the initial investigation of the alleged honour killing of British girl Samia Sahid. As a result the case is getting complicated to solve with pressure mounting on the Pakistan government by authorities in the United Kingdom.
Sources close to the case told Geo News that the report filed by the medico-legal officer is vague. It took four days for the police to register an FIR of the incident.
Meanwhile, Samia’s first husband Chaudhry Shakeel has not been arrested yet. Her father has been arrested by the police.
Police is conducting raids in Mangla Cantt area, where the murder reportedly took place, to search for evidence.
Samia’s mother and sister have left for UK.
British Pakistani Labour MP from Bradford West Naz Shah has called on Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to take interest in a case of alleged “honour killing†involving a British Pakistani girl who married a Pakistani national of her own free will.
Samia Shahid, 27, married Syed Mukhtar Kazam, less than two years ago, against her family's wishes and went to live with his family in Dubai. This month Samia Shahid, originally from Bradford, went to visit her father in a village called “Poteh†near Dina on the 14th of July. Her family, who are also British nationals and Naz Shah MP’s constituents, were in Pakistan following a bereavement within the family.
It is understood that after marrying Syed Mukhtar Kazam, the couple had faced death threats. A family source told The News that Saima Shahid’s sister asked her to come to Pakistan citing her father’s illness. After Saima’s death in mysterious circumstances, her husband was told she died of a heart attack but the parents lodged a statement saying she committed suicide. Her husband lodged an FIR in Jhelum alleging foul play. In the FIR seen by The News, the husband alleged that his wife was buried without his knowledge.
Syed Mukhtar said that he spoke to Samia on the day she died and she was stressed. He says he then called her again and no answer, he then sent an SMS and also tried to contact her sister through What’s App. The messages showed they were opened and read, he said. Then a British cousin Mobeen spoke to him that evening many hours later and said she'd had a heart attack.
The husband claims that the family buried her before they even told him that she was dead. He has confirmed that Mobeen had threatened him and Samia both that he would kill them when they married.
Syed Mukhtar Ali believes his wife was murdered in an "honour killing" by her parents and family. He wants the body to be exhumed and an independent autopsy/post mortem be held to establish the real cause of death.
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