ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police failed to submit complete challan of the accused of Noor Mukadam murder case within the given deadline that expired almost a week ago.
Islamabad police officials said that under the law, the challan of a case should be submitted to court within 14 days after the suspect is sent on judicial remand.
The main accused in the murder case, Zahir Jaffer, was sent on judicial remand on Aug 2. His parents were also arrested and sent on judicial remand.
As per the law, an interim report of the case should have been submitted to court within 17 days if the accused or suspect was neither identified nor arrested despite being identified.
According to sources, a challan, complete or incomplete, should be registered in the court within 14 days after the accused are sent to jail on judicial remand. Nonetheless, in this high-profile and brutal murder case, neither a complete nor incomplete challan has been submitted to the court.
Islamabad police said the forensic reports of mobile phones submitted to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) are being awaited to complete challan of the accused. Also, reports of some tests, including a DNA conducted on the samples of the victim at the Punjab Forensic Science Agency, are also not available which as a result of which the police could not submit challenge so far.
Officials asserted that delay in submitting the challan to the court within the legal deadline is a violation of the law.
According to the FIR, the complainant and his wife had been away separately for making some Eid-related arrangements. Father of Noor, Shaukat Ali Mukadam said when they returned home, their daughter was not there, adding that his wife tried to contact her on her mobile phone but it was switched off. Later, Noor Mukadam called herself and told them that she was going to Lahore with her friends and would return in a day or two and that they should not worry, Shaukat Mukadam said in the FIR.
Furthermore, on July 20, he received a phone call in the afternoon from the accused who told him that Noor was not with him. However, at 10pm he was informed by Kohsar police that his daughter had been murdered and asked him to come to the police station. The police took Mr Mukadam to the house where he found the beheaded body of his daughter.
According to police, Zahir Jaffer is a dual national of US and Pakistan and held passports of both countries.
Noor Mukadam murder incident has become a stigma for the society. How brutally Noor was tortured and then butchered by her friend Zahir Zakir, it is shocking for everyone in the country and abroad.
