Husband confesses to murdering school principal wife

KARACHI: The husband of the school principal, who was alleged to be shot dead by robbers in Karachi’s Soldier Bazaar area on December 10, confessed to killing his wife.

The husband, identified as Ali Hassan, confessed to the police that he had concocted the story about the armed bandits shooting his 41-year-old wife Ambreen Fatima. The police have taken three suspects into custody, including Ali, his brother Bilal and a female teacher, Sahar Shams, who is believed to be the second wife of Ali.

The police revealed that Ali worked as an administrator in the same school Ambreen was working as the principal, while Sahar was employed at a teacher there. Sahar and Ambreen were also friends.

Sahar and Ali had supposedly gotten married in private and Sahar’s brother, Balaaj, had been pressurising Ali for the rukhsati of his sister after which Ali made the plan to kill his wife.

While police were investigating Balaaj, he revealed that Ali had killed his wife. Following which, Ali was taken into custody. Currently, the police are investigating the level of Sahar’s involvement in the murder.

On December 10, it was reported that Ambreen Fatima, principal of a private school, was shot dead by robbers and the incident was linked to rising street crime in the city.

The story that Ali had told the police stated that he and his wife were driving around the city and entered the Parsi Colony, a locality within the vicinity of Soldier Bazaar police station. There, two unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle intercepted them and demanded their mobile phones, cash and other valuable.

The husband moved a little to hand over his mobile phone when the robbers opened fire on them, which resulted in his wife being killed.

Police had also registered a case (FIR 299/2017) against the gunmen under sections 397 (robbery or dacoity with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

In a similar incident, a sister had confessed to murdering her sister and staging it as a scene of robbery.

On December 11, Alveena, the sister of the teenage girl murdered in a reported robbery, confessed to the crime. Aleena, 16, was brutally murdered with a sharp-edged object during an alleged robbery incident in Saudabad, Malir early Tuesday.

Speaking to the media during a press conference at the Korangi SSP’s office, Alveena, 18, narrated the circumstances surrounding the incident.

She accepted killing her sister along with her fiance Mazhar.

“Aleena had my [objectionable] pictures, and she didn’t delete them despite my continuous pleading and continued to blackmail me. I told Mazhar everything then. He also tried to explain things to Aleena and get her to stop but she didn’t,” explained Alveena.

Mazhar also spoke to the media and confessed to the crime. He said Aleena had objectionable pictures of her sister.

Two other suspects, brothers Abbas and Ahsan, also spoke to the media. They were allegedly involved with Aleena and blackmailed Alveena together.

Police officials said earlier that Alveena injured herself to make it look like the ‘robbers’ had injured her over resistance.