At least 11 more suspects, including a tribal leader, were arrested on Monday for their alleged involvement in the killing of a man and a woman in Balochistan after a video of the murder went viral on social media, with the case now handed over to the Serious Crimes Investigation Wing (SCIW), according to the police.<\/p>\n
SCIW Superintendent of Police (SP) Syed Saboor Agha told Dawn.com, \u201cEleven people have been arrested, including a tribal leader who issued directives to shoot the couple, and all of them will appear before a judicial magistrate today.\u201d<\/p>\n
The viral video showed a group of men leading a couple out of vehicles and into a desert before gunning them down with pistols and shooting the bodies. Political figures and activists said it was an \u2018honour\u2019 killing incident. On Sunday, Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti announced on X that he had directed the Balochistan Police to take immediate action, following which one suspect was apprehended.<\/p>\n
According to a first information report (FIR) \u2014 a copy of which is available with Dawn.com \u2014 registered by Station House Officer (SHO) Naveed Akhtar at Quetta\u2019s Hanna-Urak Police Station, he lodged the complaint after receiving the video clip that had gone viral on social media, showing a man and a woman being brutally shot and killed by armed individuals.<\/p>\n
SHO Akhtar stated that he, along with his team, reached Balochistan\u2019s Dagari, situated on the outskirts of Quetta and, upon investigation, discovered that the incident occurred three days before Eidul Azha in the area of Sanjidi in Dagari.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe victims seen in the viral video have been identified as Bano Bibi and Ihsanullah,\u201d the FIR said, naming eight suspects who allegedly shot the couple dead. The FIR also mentioned 15 other unknown suspects involved in the incident.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Dawn.com, SHO Naveed Akhtar said, \u201cOwing to the nature of the murder, the case has now been transferred to the Serious Crime Investigation Wing for further investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prior to being killed, the victims were allegedly taken to a tribal leader, who declared them guilty of being involved in an \u2018immoral relationship\u2019 (locally termed \u2018Karo Kari\u2019) and ordered their execution, following which they were taken to the [desert] and shot dead, the FIR said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe murder was filmed and uploaded to social media to spread fear and panic among the public,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
According to the FIR, a case was registered against the suspects under Sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting while armed with a deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly) and 302 (murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code and the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.<\/p>\n
One of the main suspects \u2014 tribal leader Sardar Sherbaz Satakzai \u2014 was presented before an anti-terrorism court today with Judge Muhammad Mubeen presiding over the case. The suspect was handed over to SCIW on a two-day physical remand on the judge\u2019s order upon the police\u2019s request.<\/p>\n
Chief Justice Balochistan High Court Justice Rozi Khan Barrech took notice of the case and summoned the additional chief secretary and inspector general of police Balochistan to the court in the matter.<\/p>\n
In a press release issued by BHC \u2014 seen by Dawn.com \u2014 it was notified that Justice Barrech \u201chas taken notice of the news circulating on electronic, print and social media of the murder of a couple for marrying out of choice at Dagari\u201d. The statement added that, \u201cIn this matter, the chief justice has summoned the chief secretary and IG Balochistan to court on July 22, 2025\u201d.<\/p>\n
The postmortem report on the slain couple has revealed that the woman was shot seven times and the man was shot nine times.<\/p>\n
Police surgeon Ayesha Faiz, who conducted the postmortem, told Dawn.com that the graves of the man and woman were exhumed and the postmortem was conducted.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were killed on June 4. The woman is around 37 to 38 years old and was shot once in the head and seven times in the chest and stomach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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