‘Mujhe abhi tak yaqeen nahi araha ke meray betay ne kia keeya’: Shahnawaz’s mother

A local court in Islamabad has extended the interim bail of Sameen Shah, the mother of murder suspect Shah Nawaz, and the wife of renowned political analyst Ayaz Amir till October 3 in the Sarah Inam killing.

While talking to journalist Saqib Bashir outside the court she said, “Mein ne aapne haath se pakar kar Police kay hawale kia use,” (I handed over him to police with my own hands).

“Is se barh kay aek Maa kay lie aur kia imtehan ho skta hai?” (What can be more painful than this for a mother?)

She further said that she had no idea about when they both started fighting as she was in a different room.

“Mujhe abhi tak yaqeen nahi araha kay mere betay ne kia kia”. (I still can’t believe what my son has done), she added.

Earlier, in a petition filed with an Islamabad sessions court she had said that she has no link with the murder. Offering details of the grisly incident, she has stated that her son had sent her a message on Whatsapp to arrange his wife’s rukhsati by speaking to the her father just one night before the crime.

She further said that Shah Nawaz called her on her mobile phone at 9:12 am the following day to inform her about the incident.

“The petitioner asked Shahnawaz to sit in her room and Ayaz … had called the police and within a few minutes, the police had arrived and took custody of Shahnawaz,” she said in the plea.

The petition stated that Sameena then rushed to Shah Nawaz’s room but by the time she got there, her daughter-in-law had passed away.
Sarah’s murder rocked Islamabad last week as news of the crime spread across social media and news networks.
It has been reported that after murdering her, Shahnawaz dumped her body in a bathtub.