ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police on Wednesday arrested Sameena Shah, the wife of senior journalist Ayaz Amir, and the mother of Shahnawaz Amir, the main suspect in the Sara Inam murder case.
Sara Inam, a Canadian national, was allegedly murdered by her husband, Shahnawaz, in their Shahzad Town farmhouse on the night of September 22.
The Islamabad police arrested Shahnawaz Amir on September 23 on charges of murdering Sara Inam in their farmhouse, where the suspect lived with his mother.
Samina Shah was on pre-arrest bail in the Sara Inam murder case.
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On Wednesday, Sameena Shah appeared before District and Sessions Court Judge Sheikh Sohail, who denied her request for an extension to her bail.
Soon after the judge refused to extend the pre-arrest bail plea, the Islamabad police arrested her from the court premises.
Sameena Shah is the wife of senior journalist Ayaz Amir, who was also detained by the Islamabad police in the Sara Inam murder case. On September 27, a district and sessions court issued his released orders.
On September 26, the Islamabad local court granted Sameena Shah pre-arrest bail against a surety bond of Rs50,000 and ordered her to join the investigation.
Later, the court extended her pre-arrest bail two times.
On October 7, a sessions court in Islamabad sent Shahnawaz Amir on 14-day judicial remand after the completion of his physical remand.
Shahnawaz has admitted to the crime during the investigation stating that he was suspicious that his wife had an affair with an unknown person.
The couple tied the knot merely three months back in Chakwal after Sara Inam reached Chakwal without informing her parents about her marriage with Shahnawaz Amir.
According to the FIR of the murder, Sameena Shah called the police and reported that her son, Shahnawaz, had killed his wife with a dumbbell. Police later reached the crime scene and arrested Shahnawaz, who had locked himself in his room after committing the crime.
The police staff broke the door and found blood stains on his hands and clothing. Shahnawaz admitted to hitting his wife with a dumbbell after an argument. The police later discovered the victim’s body in a bathtub by the police, the FIR states.
