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on Tuesday the brother of Zeenat Rafiq who was burnt alive by her family for marrying a man of her own choice on Mast Iqbal Road, Chungi Amar Sidhu.
Police had registered a murder case under Section 336/ B of the Anti-Terrorism Act and 302 of the Pakistain Penal Code against her mother, Parveen Rafiq, brother Anees and brother-in-law Zafar on the complaint of Zeenat’s husband Hasan Khan.
According to Hasan, they had eloped, but he reluctantly allowed Zeenat to return to her family home after her family promised they would hold a celebration and not harm her.
Police had arrested Parveen, who shouted on the murder day in the street that she had killed her daughter for honour, and after two days Zeenat’s brother-in-law Zafar was also arrested.
Police on Tuesday also arrested the third nominated accused.
Anees in his statement said he was not present at home when the incident took place and his mother had committed the crime.
Cantonment Division Superintendent of Police Tariq Mastoi told Dawn Zaneet’s brother was arrested from a relative’s house.
He said even though Anees denied his involvement in the murder, circumstantial evidences revealed that more than two persons were involved in strangling and torching Zeenat. He said Zeenat’s mother was distorting the fact in her statements as she could not commit the crime alone.
Anees will be presented before the court on Wednesday (today) for physical custody.
He said police also arrested Zeenat’s brother-in-law Mushtaq who had brought Zeenat from her in-laws after she had eloped with Hasan. He said Mushtaq worked in a private organization and he was not present in the house at the time of the incident.
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mobile call data showed that Zeenat’s brother was at home when she was set on fire, he added.
The investigation officer said Zeenat’s mother confessed to killing her daughter by strangling her with her dupata and then torching her.
He said she claimed that she had taken the extreme step against her daughter for bringing bad name to the family. She also confessed that when her son-in-law brought her back for reception after reconciliation, she had started planning to kill her.