The primary suspect in the case, Sameena Shah, the mother of Shah Nawaz, was detained by Islamabad police on Wednesday.
After the court denied Shah’s plea for bail, the police detained her.
A district and sessions court in Islamabad had extended Sameena’s interim pre-arrest bail in the Canadian national’s murder investigation on October 1.
After the court on September 26 accepted Sameena’s pre-arrest bail request against a surety bond of Rs50,000 and directed her to join the inquiry, the bail was extended.
After a dispute over a family issue on September 23, Shahnawaz is accused of murdering his wife Sarah at home.
Shahnawaz confessed to the crime and said that he “thought” his wife was having an affair with another person when he was detained by the police from a farmhouse in Islamabad’s Chak Shahzad area. Only three months of their marriage were spent together.
In response to Station House Officer (SHO) Nawazish Ali Khan’s complaint, police last month filed a first information report (FIR) under Section 302 (punishment for murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
The FIR states that Sameena told the police that her son was home and had buried his wife’s body. The cops then searched the house.
According to the police complaint, Shahnawaz had locked himself in his room and when the staff broke down the door, they found blood stains on his hands and clothing.
According to the FIR, Shahnawaz confessed to striking his wife repeatedly with a dumbbell during an argument and then concealing the Canadian national’s body in the bathtub once the police had Shahnawaz.
The “murder weapon,” according to the FIR, was hidden under Shahnawaz’s bed. After examining the dumbbell, police allegedly discovered blood and hair on it. They later sent it to be forensically examined.
