The brother of two deceased girls, who were shot dead along with their cousin inside their house on Saturday, confessed killing his two sisters and a cousin in the name of honour in police custody on Sunday.
Late on Saturday night, 14-year-old Saba Habib, her 13-year-old sister Munaza Habib and her cousin Muhammad Raffique were found dead with bullet injuries in their heads inside their house in Malik Park Sherankot.
Malik Akram, brother of the deceased girls, told locals that four robbers had barged into their house and murdered his sisters and cousin and injured him as well. Akram had been taken to Munshi Hospital for treatment but the police took him in their custody as the investigation progressed.
According to police sources, Akram confessed killing his two sisters and cousin in the name of honour in police custody.
He was then taken to the Sherankot Police Station for further interrogations. The police also recovered the weapon Akram had used for the killings and had buried in the ground.
Akram told the police that he killed his sisters after he found Saba and Raffique in objectionable condition about three hours before the mishap. He had waited for the three persons fell asleep and then shot them dead.
Mazhar Fareed, who runs a general store in a shop owned by Akram and his family, told Pakistan Today that late on Saturday night Akram came to his house and informed him of a robbery at his house.
“Akram’s hand was bleeding and he requested me to take him to a nearby hospital for medial aid,” Mazhar said. Mazhar and his acquaintance Malik Asghar informed the local police which arrived at the scene and shifted the bodies to morgue for autopsy.
The police on Sunday handed over the three bodies to their families, who laid them to rest in a local graveyard on Sunday night.
