Dead bodies of young man and woman found in a car parked in Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) colony the other day. The police are investigating the possibility of intentional or carbon monoxide poisoning.
The deceased, Mustafa Raza Shaikh and Benazir Qadri, both graduates of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (Szabist), were shifted to Civil Hospital for an autopsy.
Their parents, however, took away the bodies without allowing a post-mortem to be carried out.
However, the Hussainabad police, in whose jurisdiction the incident occurred, later brought Mustafa’s body to the hospital for post-mortem. He is the son of Hyderabad Electric Supply Company’s Safety Director, Tufail Ahmed Shaikh. However, Benazir’s father, Khadim Hussain Qadri, told the police that his daughter committed suicide and refused to allow an autopsy to be conducted.
Medico-Legal Officer Dr Ayub Wassan told reporters that Mustafa’s samples had been taken for post-mortem and will be sent to the government labs in Karachi and Jamshoro Monday (today).
A doctor who saw the bodies and wished to remain anonymous said that skin from different parts of their bodies appeared damaged and peeled off. “This suggests poisoning,” he said.
A resident said the car was parked in a shuttered garage between 1pm and 1:30pm. The bodies were taken out around five hours later. “People are saying Mustafa offered Friday prayers and then went back to the garage,” he said.
The family says the couple wanted to marry but their parents opposed it.
