Probe committee completes investigation in Samia Shahid murder case

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JHELUM: The three member investigation team constituted by Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif to probe the murder of Samia Shahid has completed its findings and will hand over a report to the local police.

According to the findings, main accused Chaudhry  Shakeel who was Samia’s first husband committed the murder. Samia’s father, Chaudhy Shahid is accused of helping Chaudhry Shakeel in trapping and bringing her to Jhelum.

A challan is being finalised and will be submitted in the next few days by the local police in Jhelum.

Chaudhry Shakeel is accused of strangling here to death with a dupatta on July 20, a day before her scheduled flight to Dubai where her second husband Mukhtar Kazim was residing. Samia’s family had claimed that she died from a cardiac attack.

Originally from Bradford, Samia had been visiting her family in Jhelum when she was murdered.  Her second husband, Mukhtar Syed Kazam who is complainant in the case had raised concerns that his wife had been murdered because her family disapproved of their marriage. The murder FIR was registered on July 23, 2016.

After media reports, Chief Minister Punjab had formed a three member probe team headed by DIG Abu Bakar Khuda Bux to investigate the matter.