• Parents, guards of accused sent to Adiala jail
• Senate body takes notice of case, summons police officers
ISLAMABAD: Investigators in Noor Mukadam murder case on Tuesday recovered mobile phones of the victim and the alleged killer, Zahir Jaffer.
A police officer close to the investigation told
Dawn on condition of anonymity that the mobile phones were recovered on information provided by the accused during interrogations.
On Monday, a duty magistrate had extended physical remand of the accused for two more days so that the police could recover mobile phones and other evidence linked to the case.
“He revealed the location of the mobile phones during interrogation,” the officer said.
People light candles during a vigil held in memory of Noor Mukadam at Swiss Avenue Park, F-7/4, in Islamabad on Sunday. Photo by Mohammad Asim
ISLAMABAD: Police have added four more sections of the Pakistan Penal Code, mainly related to abetment and concealing evidence, in the FIR of Noor Mukadam murder case and arrested the parents of the alleged killer, Zahir Jaffer, as well as the family guards.
The capital administration also sealed the office of Therapyworks.
Senior police officers told Dawn on condition of anonymity on Sunday that four new sections of the PPC were added in the FIR in view of information collected by investigators and statements taken from different people, including the victim’s father.
Duty magistrate extends physical remand for two days
Complainant’s counsel says tactics being used to force victim’s family for out-of-court settlement
Police seek placing of alleged killer’s name on PNIL
ISLAMABAD: The alleged killer, Zahir Jaffer, tortured Noor Mukadam with a knuckleduster before beheading her in Islamabad’s F-7/4 sector, the investigating officer revealed before the court of the duty magistrate on Saturday.
The police had produced the accused in the court to seek extension in his physical remand.
In another development, the police investigation wing has sent a request to the immigration authorities to put the name of the alleged killer on the Provincial National Identification List (PNIL).