Suspect says ‘was sleeping’ when Mayra was shot dead

The main suspect in the murder of a Pakistan-origin British woman in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) neighbourhood earlier this month, appeared before the police on Monday to record his statement.

In his statement, Saad Ameer Butt, one of the two suspects, said he was sleeping at his house the night Mayra Zulfiqar was shot dead.

He said he did not kill Mayra and that the deceased was a friend. “I never attempted to kidnap her”, he told the investigation team.

He further informed the team that he had even discussed the matter with an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) when Mayra was alive. She had accused him of trying to kidnap her.

24-year-old girl, Mayra Zulfiqar, was found dead in Lahore on May 3. She had been threatened by two men who both wanted to marry her.

Zahir Jadoon and Saad Butt were two of the four accused of being behind the murder in the first information report (FIR) filed by Mohammad Nazeer, a relative of Zulfiqar.