The co-accused in murder case of medical student Asma Rani has been handed over to the police on Friday for one-day remand. Saddiq Afridi, the brother of the prime accused, was earlier arrested by police for his involvement in the murder of Asma Rani. However, the prime accused, Mujahidullah Afridi is still at large. Earlier, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had dispatched a letter to Interpol Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) to locate and extradite Mujahidullah.
Asma Rani, a third year student at Ayub Medical College, was shot dead after she declined a marriage proposal. Abbas Majeed Marwat, the DPO Kohat, earlier said that the FIA has requested Interpol to issue red warrants for prime accused Mujahid Afridi. The accused after committing the crime fled the country to Saudi Arabia via Benazir Bhutto International Airport Islamabad the same day.
Police had registered an FIR in the case on the complaint of deceased's brother, Muhammad Irfan under Section 324 and 304 of Pakistan Penal Code. Asma Rani was returning in a rickshaw with her sister-in-law when suspect Mujahid who was already present outside their house shot her dead. Asma received three bullet wounds and was shifted to a hospital in critical condition but could not survive.
However, Asma revealed the name of the person who fired on her before she succumbed to her injuries. She said his name was Mujahid Afridi and he was the nephew of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf district vice-president Aftab Alam. Meanwhile, Joint Investigation Team (JIT) on Friday interrogated from the suspicious people arrested in rape and murder of four-year-old Mardan girl.
According to details, DNA samples of as many as 243 people have been sent for cross matching to identify the suspect. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police have failed to nab the culprit despite receiving forensic report in the case. Mardan DPO had earlier told that Asma's death did not occur due to poison and she was tortured as well before her murder.
The four-year-old had gone missing on January 14 in Mardan's Gujar Garhi area, and her dead body was found from sugarcane fields near her home on January 15 after rape.
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