Mufti Qavi's name incorporated into Qandeel murder case

Mufti Qavi's name incorporated into Qandeel murder case

MULTAN: Police have incorporated the name of Mufti Abdul Qavi as an associate in the homicide case with model Qandeel Baloch on the solicitation of her dad Mohammad Azeem. 

City Police Officer Azhar Akram told Dawn on Friday that the Mufti's name had been made part of the case after Azeem, the complainant, in his announcement before the police, suspected the minister's conceivable part in the homicide. 

He said when a complainant pointed his finger at anyone, police will undoubtedly research him under the law. 

The CPO said police could capture the Mufti when adequate confirmation against him was accessible. 

In the interim, Cantonment SP Saifullah Khan Khattak said that the Mufti's photos with Qandeel Baloch had obviously prompted her homicide and police were examining this viewpoint too. 

Responding, Mufti Qavi termed the police move unjustified. "At the point when primary suspect Waseem, Qandeel's sibling, had admitted to executing his sister furthermore unveiled the name of the other suspect, police's request to drag me into the case is uncalled for." 

Qandeel Baloch was discovered dead in her home on July 16. She had clearly been executed by her sibling for supposedly conveying disrespect to the family. 

Waseem, who had prior guaranteed that he was the solitary executioner, revealed the name of his cousin Haq Nawaz as a co-suspect after the polygraph test. 

Sardar Zafar Ahmed Khan, the direction for the suspect, however guaranteed that all the captured suspects, including Waseem, were blameless. He said Waseem did not admit to slaughtering his sister before the officer while recording his announcement under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code. 

"Correspondingly, the police don't have direct proof of the homicide and have just fortuitous confirmation which is not adequate to demonstrate the captured blamed criminal," he said. 

Other than Waseem and Haq Nawaz who have been sent on legal remand by the court, the police likewise got the remand of two other denounced, Zafar Hussain, the cousin of Haq Nawaz, and Abdul Basit, a cab driver.