An Afghan couple has demanded of the Chief Justice Peshawar High Court (PHC) to issue an order to cancel bail of their son’s killers and award exemplary punishment to them.
Talking to media persons at the Press Club on Thursday, Syed Munawar Shah and his wife alleged that their son Syed Arif Shah had been killed by his wife Saeeda, step-son Abdullah and bother-in law in Ramzan (2015) in the area of Nasapa Bakhsu, on the outskirts of Peshawar.
Giving details of the incident, the man said that his son Syed Arif Shah 19 years old married with a 40 years old Pakistani divorced woman some years ago without his parents’ consent.
He said since they belonged to Qundoos (Afghanistan) they went there two years back and then due to situations in the country could not return to Pakistan but his son lived with his wife Saeeda as Syed Arif Shah was earning as a conductor in Pak-Afghan bus transport service in Hayatabad.
The slain son, he said wanted to meet his parent in Afghanistan along with his four years old daughter Soni but his wife did not allow him in this regard, which he added led to scrimmage between them. The wife, he accused of informing her son about the matter that his step-father beat her, which infuriated him to take revenge and forced his mother for divorce from Arif.
The step-son, he alleged that tried his level best to kill his step-father by the help of some other people at home but he managed to flee. The next day, the bereaved father said his wife called him to come back to home as she did away with her parents forever and there was no threat for his life.
“My slain son kept calling me to Afghanistan that his wife wants divorce but I advised him to hold a Jirga to solve the issue between you and your wife”, he informed and added he did not know that son would be killed.
When Arif came back to home, he was killed allegedly by his step-son and bother-in law and Saeeda, he blamed and said that he was informed in this regard in Afghanistan. He said then they took dead body to their country and lodged FIR against involved persons in Police Station Khazana.
The police then arrested the killers, who have confessed during investigation that they killed Syed Arif Shah and a video is also available recorded by police. The parent lamented that despite their confession, they murderers were released on bail, which is an injustice with them. They, therefore, demanded for arresting again and death sentence be given to them.
