On Sunday, there were some new developments in the Sara Inam murder investigation as the police disclosed that the suspect, Shahnawaz Amir, the son of renowned journalist Ayaz Amir, attempted to tamper with the evidence.
The father-son pair will be back in court on September 26 once their detention expires (tomorrow).
Six mobile phones were reportedly found at the crime site, five of which belonged to Shahnawaz and one of which was registered in the victim’s name, according to the police.
The accused used the dumbbells, the murder weapon, to smash both his own and his wife’s phones in order to wipe the data, according to the police.
According to police officials speaking to Geo.tv, “the accused sought to hide evidence in the case by shattering the mobile phones he used to contact the victim.”
According to reports, the police have sent all recovered phones for forensic examination. They added that by reviewing the data from the mobile phones, they will determine the cause of the couple’s argument.
Sources claim that the accused also used scissors to sever the victim’s Canadian passport, rendering it useless. The scissors and pieces of her passport have both been found at the crime scene.
The accused Shahnawaz was detained by the police on Friday, September 23, for being a suspect in his wife’s murder. He confessed to committing the crime and said that he “thought” his spouse was having an affair with someone else.
Sara was murdered in the Chak Shahzad area of the federal capital on Friday and according to the spokesperson of the Islamabad Police, Shahnawaz allegedly killed her at home.
