A 40-year-old woman brutally killed a man and chopped up his body into pieces in the area of Saddar, Karachi. The couple was allegedly cohabiting together for many years.
On Friday, officials were informed through helpline 15 about the murder at 3am and they rushed to the location which was Ilaco House in State Life Building No. 5 off Abdullah Haroon Road.
Preedy Police Station House Officer (SHO) Sajjad Khan said that police found the body of a man lying on the floor over a pile of old clothes in the apartment on the mezzanine floor of the building.
Police officials said that the man’s hands were found separated from the body in a nearby box. The SHO added that a woman was sleeping in another room who appeared to be under the influence of drugs.
According to the witnesses and neighbours, the victim and suspect were in a live-in relationship but the woman claimed that she was his wife.
Sajjad Khan said, “According to neighbours, the two usually quarrelled with each other over domestic issues, such as finances for various expenditures.”
Police have collected evidence from the crime scene and the woman also has been arrested. The son and relatives of the victim were also called to complete legal procedures.
A First Information Report (FIR) was also registered against the woman under section 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). The FIR was filed under the name of the victim’s son, Sheikh Mohammad Shahid.
The victim’s body was moved for postmortem to Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Centre (JPMC).
According to the Additional Police Surgeon of JPMC Dr Summaiya Syed, the victim’s head was smashed open so brutally with a hammer or similarly hard instrument that the matter of the brain was visible and there were three fractures on the skull. His head was beheaded and his both upper limbs were also chopped off. Some injuries on a body were also examined.
It was reported from the initial medical assessment that the victim was killed with a hard instrument and then his body was cut into pieces with a sharp shaped instrument like a knife.
The female suspect was also brought for medical examination where she revealed that she has consumed ice which is known as crystal meth.
The family of the victim told the police that they were not aware of the exact relationship between their father and suspect except that they had been living together for around six to seven years.
A police officer also said that a female child was also living with them which the suspect claimed was the daughter of the deceased.
The SHO said, “but the victim’s son told the police that when the family asked for the child’s DNA sample, the suspect did not allow them to take it.”
Investigations are still undergoing as SHO said.
