South Cantt police claimed to have recovered the body of a 20-year-old man from a drain on Saturday, who was murdered for honour almost a month ago.
Police have already arrested an accused after mysterious disappearance of the deceased and had also recovered murdering weapon from possession of accused.
Both accused and deceased were servants at house No 9/1 on Asad Jha Road in limits of South Cantt Police Station.
The deceased person was identified as Shabir, resident of Sahiwal. Police removed the recovered body to city morgue for autopsy. The accused person was identified as Arsant Michael. Police officials said that Shabir had allegedly developed relations with his wife Nosheen. On March 27, his wife went to London along with her landlord after which he planned to kill Shabir. The accused further told the police that on March 28, he called Shabir at home and killed him by hitting an iron road at his head. After killing Shabir, the accused dumped his body in a gutter near Girja Chowk. Investigation Police of South Cantt traced the accused person through phone calls data, who custody confessed to his crime. Police have added murder offence in the already registered FIR.
CASE REGISTERED AGAINST COPS FOR KILLING POLICEMAN: Millat Park police have registered a case against two constables on the charges of killing a cop late on Friday night. The accused were identified as Hafiz Ansar and Shahzad Ahmad. They have been nominated in murder case by the brother of victim Constable Kamran. The complainant has alleged that the accused persons have intentionally killed his brother as they had hit him in the head. However, the accused are still at large. Two police teams are investigating the incident to arrest the accused persons.
FIRE BURNS DOWN COSMETIC SHOP: Valuables worth lakhs of rupees were gutted due to a fire at cosmetics shops in the Gulshan-e-Ravi police precincts on Saturday. Fire broke out due to short circuit and engulfed the entire shop. Rescue 1122 reached the scene and controlled over the fire. Cosmetics worth Rs 5 lakh were reduced to ashes. However, no loss of life or injury was reported.
