The body of a woman, with a noose around the neck, was found on Monday from the third floor of a house here in Manzoor Colony. Initially, it was suspected that the deceased, Areeba, 24, committed suicide but further investigation indicated murder. Later, Baloch Colony Police Station registered a case against Areeba’s husband, Shamshad alias Shammy, and a friend of his, Saad, under Section 302 (pertaining to murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code, and arrested them. The case has been registered on behalf of Areeba’s mother, Rabia Javed, who has accused Shamshad and Saad of strangling Areeba to death in a locked room. She told police she had received a phone call on Monday and was informed that Areeba was unwell, but when she insisted on talking to her daughter, she was told Areeba had died. When Areeba’s family went to her house on the day, they found her body, with a ligature mark and bruises all over it, lying on a bed, said Javed. Shamshad claimed he found Areeba’s body hanging from a ceiling fan when he entered their house and unhung it before calling police. According to police, when cops reached the crime scene they found the body in a lying position with a noose around the neck and took it into custody. Ruling out the possibility of suicide, they said distance between the bed and the ceiling fan, from which Shamshad claimed Areeba hanged herself.
