Dr. Warda was tortured before being killed, reveals probe
Shocking revelations have been made during an investigation into the murder of Dr. Warda Mushtaq, who was a medical officer at DHQ Hospital, Abbottabad, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Sunday.
Pervaiz, an accomplice of the main culprit, told interrogators that Rida, Warda’s friend since childhood, kept beating her before murdering her.
Throughout that period, the suspect said, Dr. Warda kept demanding that gold be returned to her, but Rida kept refusing.
On Saturday, DPO Abbottabad Haroon Rasheed’s name was removed from the provincial joint investigation team (JIT), probing the murder of Warda after the family of the late doctor expressed its reservations over the police’s role in investigations.
The chief secretary issued a new notification in this regard.
On Friday, the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) had constituted a high-level JIT to probe the abduction and brutal murder of the lady doctor.
The decision came after mounting public outrage and persistent demands from the medical community for a transparent, independent and expeditious inquiry.
Earlier, the DPO Abbottabad had taken notice of the investigation into the murder of Dr Warda, resulting in the suspension of SHO Muhammad Zubair of Cantonment Police Station.
According to police officials, the SHO was suspended due to negligence and failure to take timely action in the case.
On Monday, the KP police recovered the body of Dr Warda, who was abducted four days ago from the Benazir Shaheed District Hospital in Abbottabad, from a remote hilly area on Thandiani Road, Lari Binota.
According to police, Dr Warda left the hospital with her friend, Rida, a few days ago.
Following her disappearance, police arrested Rida along with two other individuals.
Police sources said that the late doctor had kept approximately 67 tolas of gold jewellery with her friend since 2023.
Dr Warda had reportedly gone to reclaim her jewellery.
Police added that Rida took Dr Warda to her under-construction house and handed her over to suspects Aurangzeb and Nadeem, who killed her in the Lari Binota area.
Acting on the suspects’ information, police recovered the body and transferred it to the DHQ Hospital for a post-mortem.
Reporter: Zubair Awan