Police exhumes body of Pak-Italian woman over suspected 'honor killing'

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Press Trust of India Lahore
Last Updated : Apr 25 2018 | 8:05 PM IST

Pakistani police today exhumed the body of a 26-year-old Pakistani-Italian woman who was killed allegedly by her father and brother in the name of so-called honour in Pakistan's Punjab province.

Ghulam Mustafa along with his brother Mazhar Iqbal and son Adnan Mustafa allegedly killed Sana Cheema after they failed to persuade her not to marry an Italian man. The incident took place in Kunja, Gujrat, some 150-km from Lahore, on April 18.

"The body of Cheema was exhumed in the presence of a woman judge and samples have been sent for forensic text in Lahore," Kunja police station official Waqar Ahmad told PTI.

He said the "real cause" of her death will be known after her autopsy.

Police initiated the probe after reports published in Italian media that Cheema was killed by her family members over the marriage issue, Ahmad said.

Cheema's family declared her death "accidental" and buried her in a graveyard far from their residence, raising suspicion.

On police's application a sessions judge allowed to exhume Cheema's body.

To a question about arresting the suspects, Ahmad said: "We have not taken the three suspects into custody as we do not have any evidence against them as yet. However, we have told them not to leave their residence till the investigation is finalised."

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First Published: Apr 25 2018 | 8:05 PM IST

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