Court in Pakistan bars police from detaining relatives of dead UK schoolgirl in hunt for missing father

  • 8/24/2023
  • 00:00
  • 7
  • 0
  • 0
news-picture

Brothers of Urfan Sharif questioned by authorities in Jhelum as officers hunt group of 8 people Sara Sharif, 10, found dead day after her father, his partner, brother and 5 children fled LONDON: A court in Pakistan has ruled that relatives of Urfan Sharif, who is wanted in the UK for questioning over the death of his daughter Sara Sharif, cannot be detained and interrogated as part of the international manhunt for him. Ten-year-old Sara was found dead on Aug. 10, having sustained “multiple and extensive injuries” over a prolonged period of time, the day after her father, 41, left their home in Woking, Surrey, with one of his brothers, his partner and five children aged 1 to 13 years old. The group is thought to be hiding in Pakistan. His family claims two more of his brothers have been detained by police searching for Sharif in the city of Jhelum. The Lahore High Court heard that the local police took the two men but had not formally arrested either of them, instead questioning them following a request by Interpol. Despite the court ruling that the authorities could not detain any more of Sharif’s relatives, officers said they would keep questioning them despite both having been released. Sharif’s father and brother told the BBC he had visited Jhelum upon his arrival in Pakistan from the UK, but had since left, and that they were not in contact with him and were not sure of his whereabouts. Surrey Police has made a fresh appeal for information regarding the location of Sharif, his partner Beinash Batool, 29, and his brother Faisal Malik, 28. Sharif is known to have contacted police in the UK by phone once he arrived in Pakistan, leading to the discovery of Sara’s body. Senior officers urged “people in the Woking community and beyond” who had contact with Sara to reach out to them with relevant information. Det. Supt. Mark Chapman added the force had had “historic” contact with the Sharif family over a number of years.

مشاركة :