Police claimed to have solved two murder mysteries in the provincial capital of Karachi, 24NewsHD TV channel reported on Sunday.

According to the lawmen, wife of Sindh Bar Council member Irfan Mehr masterminded the murder while her sisters and brothers were her accomplices in the crime in Gulistan-e-Jauhar area of Karachi. The accused have been taken into custody.

Irfan Mehr was killed on December 1 when he returning home after dropping his child at school. The legal fraternity raised the demand of the arrest of the culprits at the earliest.

In another case, mother-in-law masterminded the murder of 21-year-old Sanam Abbas, the lawmen revealed, adding that she hired an alleged assassin, Ayaz  Ali Bajauri, for Rs80,000.

The body was dumped in Afghan Basti from where it was shifted to Edhi Centre, the investigators said, adding that, the two culprits were in custody while the hunt for the assassin in under way.