Man of house, two sons arrested in murder case of four women

• Police say they were killed after being subjected to torture.
• Police Crime Scene Unit collects evidence from incident’s site.
• Neither he nor sons were home during incident, says Farooq.

KARACHI: Police on Saturday arrested the man of the house and his two sons after throat-slit bodies of four women were found at a residential flat in Karachi’s Lyari.

The gruesome incident took place in Lea Market area, where bodies of four brutally murdered women were found. Police shifted the bodies, bearing marks of severe torture, to the Civil Hospital Karachi for medico-legal formalities.

According to police, the victims included a 51-year-old mother, an 18-year-old daughter, a 19-year-old granddaughter, and a 13-year-old daughter-in-law.

Police said all four women were killed after being subjected to torture. The tragic incident occurred on the seventh floor of the building, where the bodies were discovered in separate rooms, they added.

Police officials stated that a Crime Scene Unit collected evidence from the incident’s site as the investigation was underway.

Man of the house, Muhammad Farooq, claims that he and his two sons, were not present at the time of the murders. However, the police have taken them into custody for further questioning.

Farooq, in his statement, claimed that he had no suspicion about who might have killed the women and that neither he nor his sons were home during the incident.

“Police are carrying out investigation from various aspects to uncover the motive behind the brutal killings and identify the perpetrators. Surveillance camera footages around the building are also being collected,” said police.

Police said they suspected someone from the family might be involved in the felony.