ISLAMABAD – The police have arrested a prime suspect in a gruesome triple murder case while he was trying to flee abroad after allegedly killing three people and setting their bodies on fire inside a car.
The police said that the accused was attempting to board a flight to Qatar when he was taken into custody at Islamabad Airport.
Following his arrest, the suspect was handed over to the Wanike Tarar Police Station for further investigation.
Two days earlier, the accused along with accomplices had allegedly murdered three men and torched their vehicle with the bodies inside.
The victims included a man who had recently returned from Spain and a police constable.
The police registered a case against 16 individuals including eight unidentified suspects while the efforts are underway to trace and apprehend the remaining culprits.
Earlier, the police had said that the deceased were identified as Bawa Muhammad Hussain, a landlord recently returned from Spain, constable Rai Shehzad and his nephew Muhammad Usman.
According to the officials, the three were traveling together when unidentified gunmen intercepted their vehicle near Asadullahpur and opened fire. The victims were killed instantly, after which the attackers set the vehicle ablaze before escaping.
The investigators revealed that Hussain had an old enmity with members of the Tarar clan in his native village. The dispute had intensified earlier this year when Hussain’s nephew was accused of killing a member of the rival group.
The burned bodies were taken to a hospital for autopsy while police started investigation and search operation to track down the assailants.
