Parents of Sania Zehra, a mother of two who was allegedly torture and murdered by her husband and in-laws in Multan, have rejected the forensic report that suggests the cause of death was suicide.
The report also state that the victim was not pregnant at time of death.
On Saturday, police exhumed the body of Zehra, who was allegedly murdered by her husband in Multan after a court had ordered the exhumation and collection of post-mortem samples for a forensic report to investigate the alleged murder of religious leader Asad Shah’s daughter.
Syed Asad Abbas Shah, Sania’s father, claimed that her sudden death was not a suicide but an alleged murder. He stated that his daughter’s in-laws were disguising the alleged murder as a suicide, contrary to the crime scene.
Multan City Police Officer Sadiq Ali Dogar stated that the preliminary postmortem report suggests that the woman’s death was due to suicide by hanging.
The investigation also revealed that the woman had married at the age of 14 and had a history of suicidal tendencies in her family, with her brother having died by suicide six months prior.
The police are awaiting the forensic report from the PFSA laboratory to confirm the cause of death. The case was registered as a murder investigation after the woman’s father filed a complaint against his son-in-law and his family.
The police are continuing to investigate the matter.
