Zeenat’s brother Anees who was one of the suspects accused of burning her to death for marrying the out of her choice was arrested by the police.
Police arrested him from a house in Lahore’s Nishtar Colony area after he confessed to murdering his sister.
According to police, Anees disclosed during the initial investigation that he had first strangled his sister Zeenat to death and then burnt her to death. His statement regarding the murder matches the findings of the autopsy report of the deceased. He also stated that his mother was involved with him in strangling and burning Zeenat to death.
“After committing her murder, I ran from the house,” Anees added.
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Zeenat, a 17-year-old girl from Lahore’s Factory area, was burnt to death by her own relatives on Wednesday. Zeenat’s husband, Hassan Khan told the police that Zeenat had been killed by her mother and brother.
Reportedly, Parveen Bibi, who is the prime suspect in the Zeenat murder case and has been arrested by police, also confessed to killing her daughter and stated that she had no remorse. Eyewitnesses stated that after committing the murder, Parveen had taken to the streets, beaten her chest and openly announced that she had killed her daughter.
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Hussian claimed that Zeenat’s family had invited her to come home so that they could throw her a proper wedding party. He said Zeenat feared for her life but he convinced her to go to her family’s house.
Zeenat’s burning invoked condemnations and shocked responses from across the country. Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif had taken notice of the incident and called for the immediate arrests of the suspects.
