Sarah Inam murder case
-Court also extends bail of accused mother
By Uzma Zafar
ISLAMABAD: District and sessions court in Islamabad on Monday extended the physical remand of Shahnawaz Amir, the main suspect in the murder case of his wife Sara Inam, for three more days.
A few hours ago, the same court extended the interim bail of Sameena Shah, the main suspect’s mother in the Sarah Inam murder case.
Additional Sessions Judge Sheikh Sohail heard the case and extended Sameena’s pre-arrest interim bail until Oct 7. The court adjourned the hearing of the case till Friday at the request of the father of slain Sarah Inam.
On September 26, 2022, a court in Islamabad had extended the physical remand of Shahnawaz Amir and his father Ayaz Amir for three days and one day, respectively.
Islamabad police had arrested Shahnawaz for allegedly murdering his Canadian national wife Sara over a ‘family issue’ with the help of dumbbells, a day after she arrived in Pakistan from Dubai.
Sara, 37, was the third wife of the alleged murderer. The incident took place at a farmhouse located in the capital’s Shahzad Town suburb where the suspect lived along with his mother.
A district and sessions court in Islamabad on Monday has extended the interim bail of accused Sameena Shah in the Sarah Inam murder case in which her son Shahnawaz Amir is the prime suspect.
Additional Sessions Judge Sheikh Sohail heard the case and extended Sameena Shah’s pre-arrest interim bail till Oct 7.
The court adjourned the hearing of the case till Friday on the request of the father of slain Sarah Inam.
Advocate Rao Abdur Rahim appeared before the court on behalf of Sarah’ father Engineer Inamur Rahim.
Whereas Sameena Shah appeared before the court along with her lawyer Arsal Amjad Hashmi.
During hearing, Advocate Rao Abdur Rahim requested the court to grant the other party more time so that they could be able to bring whatever they wanted to bring to the court. He further pleaded that he also wanted to study some evidence himself.
On his plea, the court adjourned the hearing of the case till Oct 7.
During its last hearing on Saturday, the sessions court extended accused Sameena’s bail till Oct 3.
In her petition, Sameena had beseeched the court to accept her pre-arrest bail plea as she was facing health issues. She said that her slain daughter-in-law’s uncle and aunt nominated her in Sarah’s murder case.
A local court in Islamabad on Sept 24 issued arrest warrants for the father and mother of Shahnawaz Amir who was accused of murdering his Canadian wife with dumbbell at his farmhouse in Shahzad Town after a row over a “family issue” on Friday.
Police arrested his father journalist Ayaz Amir on Saturday and the court granted Ayaz’s physical remand. However, Ayaz was later released by the court in the case.
