Woman falls to death while fleeing arrest in Karachi

A woman allegedly involved in selling narcotics was killed after she jumped from the fourth floor of her apartment building in Karachi while trying to evade arrest, police said on Sunday. 

Darakshan Police Station House Officer Shahid Taj told media that his team had arrested an alleged drug peddler as part of the ongoing crackdown against narcotics. During interrogation, the suspect said that the deceaded woman, 35, was his partner in the drug business. Consequently, the police team raided her flat in the Muslim Commercial Area to arrest her on Saturday night. The police knocked on her door several times, but she did not open it. Her parents, along with a few of her friends, came to her apartment to try and convince her, but she did not surrender, Taj said. 

An initial police report said that the suspect had jumped to her death from the balcony. Further probe, however, showed that the woman fell after a water pipe outside the balcony that she was holding onto broke. The incident was categorised as an accident, not a suicide. Further investigations into the incident were underway, the police added. She suffered critical injuries and was transported to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where she died during treatment. 

Police surgeon Dr Summaiya said that the woman’s post-mortem was refused by her father, who took away the body without completing the legal formalities.