Pregnant woman killed, chopped into pieces in Pak
Lahore, Nov 17: In a shocking incident, a pregnant woman was killed allegedly by her mother-in-law who along with her three accomplices chopped her body in dozens of pieces before dumping it in a drain in the Punjab province of Pakistan, police said on Sunday. The incident took place last week in Daska, Sialkot district, some 100 km from Lahore. Police arrested four suspects including the mother-in-law Sughran Bibi, her daughter Yasmin, her grandson Hamza and distant relative Navid. Zara Qadir, who was in her 20s, went missing last week. Later police found the chopped body of a woman in three sacks which was identified as Zara. “In her confessional statement, Sughran Bibi said that she suspected Zara of allegedly practising ‘witchcraft’. Besides, her son Qadir had started sending money directly to Zara in her bank instead to his mother.” “The four suspects smothered Zara with a pillow while she was asleep. After that they burnt her face and chopped off her body into dozens of pieces before dumping it in a drain in three sacks,” a police officer said and added Zara was also pregnant. (PTI)
Nepal, India agree to better coordinate border security
Kathmandu, Nov 17: Nepal and India during an annual meeting agreed to better coordinate on border security and reviewed the work done in the past year in managing related challenges, an official said. Two sides during the eighth Nepal-India Border Security Coordination meeting between the Armed Police Force of Nepal and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) here on Saturday discussed “a bunch of issues related to the boundary, border, human trafficking, checking cross-border criminal activities and coordination between the two agencies in border areas”, Rishi Ram Tiwari, the spokesperson at the Home Ministry said. The meeting involving the Director Generals of SSB and APF focused on “several issues pertaining to better coordination on border security”, Tiwari said. (PTI)
Woman found murdered in car boot in UK
London, Nov 17: A 24-year-old woman believed to be of South Asian origin has been found murdered in a car boot in east London after a missing person inquiry was launched for her in the East Midlands region of England. Northamptonshire Police named the victim as Harshita Brella on Saturday night as the force launched a murder inquiry and appealed for information in the case. Police said it had received a call on Wednesday regarding concerns for Harshita’s welfare and officers were deployed to her home address at Skegness Walk in Corby, Northamptonshire. After getting no answer, the police launched a missing person investigation and fast-track enquiries were made which led to the discovery of the victim’s body inside the boot of a vehicle on Brisbane Road in the Ilford area of east London in the early hours of Thursday. A post-mortem was conducted on Friday which established the murder victim as Harshita Brella, whose name indicates a South Asian heritage, but there is no further confirmation of her background. (PTI)