A judicial magistrate on Thursday sent two suspects in the murder case of a British-Belgian woman of Pakistani origin to jail on judicial remand for their identification parade. AP/File
LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Thursday sent two suspects in the murder case of a British-Belgian woman of Pakistani origin to jail on judicial remand for their identification parade.
The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) produced the suspects – Zahir Jadoon and Muhammad Waseem – before the magistrate. The investigating officer requested the magistrate to shift the suspects to jail on judicial remand for their identification.
The magistrate allowed the request and directed the IO to conclude the identification parade as early as possible.
Updated: 14:33, 25 May 2021
THE brother of the Instagram playboy who confessed to killing British law graduate Mayra Zulfiqar in Pakistan has been arrested.
Lahore police detained Zahir Jadoon s brother Tahir after it was alleged that he had given him the gun used in the fatal shooting.
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Zahir Jadoon s brother Tahir was arrested by police in Lahore after his brother confessed to Mayra s murder Credit: Facebook
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Mayra was found dead in her apartment in Pakistan on May 3Credit: Facebook
Zahir has since secured bail while his cousin Zeeshan is on the run after the killer pinned him to the scene of the crime and allegedly told police that he had helped him plan Mayra s murder.
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May 25, 2021
LAHORE: In a major breakthrough in the murder investigation of 26-year-old British-Pakistani girl Maira Zulfiqar, main suspect Zahir Jadoon has confessed murdering her.
During interrogation Jadoon revealed he had an argument with Maira. “I killed Maira on the morning of May 3. A friend Iqra is also aware of the murder,” he said in a confessional statement.
The suspect said he committed murder along with a friend of Maira.Earlier in the day, Punjab police chief shifted the inquiry of Maira murder case from Cantonment CIA police to Model Town CIA police after Maira’s father met the inspector general of police (IGP) and expressed his dissatisfaction over the case handling by CIA Cantt police.
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Zahir Jadoon allegedly admitted flying into a rage before shooting and strangling the Mayra Zulfiqar, 24, in her Lahore apartment after she rejected his marriage proposal
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Mayra Zulfiqar s body was found in a pool of blood with multiple torture and bullet marks (Image: Collect Unknown)
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Lahore, May 25
The prime suspect in the murder case of a 25-year-old British-Pakistani girl has been arrested by Lahore police, officials said.
The victim, identified as Mahira Zulfiqar, was found dead in her rented house in Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Lahore on May 3.
Police had registered a murder case against two suspects, Zahir Jadoon and Saad Ameer Butt, on complaint of victim’s uncle Muhammad Nazeer.
“The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) of Punjab Police has arrested Zahir Jadoon, a prime suspect in the murder of Mahira. In police custody, he has confessed to killing her,” a senior police officer told PTI on Tuesday.