[DAWN] Khairpur police have apprehended the prime suspect in the murder of a 13-year-old girl that had put the ruling Pakistain Peoples Party in an awkward position as the suspects are said to be relatives of the party’s politicians.Police tossed in the slammer
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47-year-old Zulfikar Wassan, alias Zulfu, on Wednesday after tracing the location of his mobile phone with the help of a locator. He was taken into custody in the lower Sindh area of Sorah, a desert region of Khairpur district that borders Sanghar district.
"We arrested Zulfikar alias Zulfu in the early hours of Wednesday after we managed to trace his mobile phone. He had been changing his mobile number ever since the incident," said Khairpur Senior Superintendent of Police Umar Tufail.
After his arrest, Zulfu complained of hypertension, police told Dawn.
Police had first picked up Ghaffar Wassan, a relative of Zulfikar, after Ramsha’s mother had named him. Ghaffar had allegedly abetted Zulfikar in the crime as he had accompanied him to the victim's house along with two other suspects, who remain on the lam.
Ghaffar had already been remanded to police custody by a judicial magistrate on Tuesday.
According to the SSP, Ramsha had eloped with another man from the family, Izhar Wassan, on January 19. Izhar’s paternal uncle had intervened and brought her back. It was later decided that the matter would be settled amicably by an elder from the Wassan family.
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before the matter could be deliberated upon, Ramsha was bumped off in her house allegedly by Zulfikar 'over honour'. Since then the suspect remained on the lam.
Police had picked up around three dozen suspects in their attempt to get their hands on Zulfikar. Police officers told Dawn that even two coppers ‐ who were connected closely with the politically influential Wassans ‐ were picked up under the SSP’s directives. They were kept at "some secret location" to get information regarding the whereabouts of Zulfikar.