Pregnant Pakistani woman murdered in cold blood by mother-in-law

In a shocking incident, a pregnant woman was allegedly murdered by her mother-in-law and three accomplices in Pakistan. According to police, her body was dismembered into dozens of pieces and dumped in a drain in Punjab province.
The crime took place last week in Daska, Sialkot district, about 100 km from Lahore.
A murder case has been registered against the suspects and four persons have been arrested in connection with the crime. Those arrested include the mother-in-law, Sughran Bibi; her daughter, Yasmin; her grandson, Hamza; and a distant relative, Navid.
Senior police officer Omar Farooq informed reporters that the suspects have confessed to killing Zara and dismembering her body.
Zara Qadir, a woman in her 20s, went missing last week and police later discovered her dismembered body in three bags, which were identified as hers.
Zara, the daughter of a police officer, had married Qadir Ahmad four years ago and they had a three-year-old son. She went to Saudi Arabia after her marriage and returned to Pakistan only a few months ago.
Farooq said, “In her confession statement, Sughran Bibi said that she suspected Zara of practicing ‘witchcraft’, and furthermore, her son Qadir had started sending money directly to Zara’s bank account instead of his mother.”
He added that the four suspects smothered pregnant Zara with a pillow while she slept and then burned her face. They then dismembered her body into dozens of pieces before dumping it in three bags down a drain.
“Based on the statement of Zara’s father, in which he suspected Sughran after she alleged that Zara eloped with her lover after her disappearance, we interrogated Sughran, who confessed to her crime,” Farooq said.
He said Sughran was also Zara’s aunt.
Farooq stated that this was a case of extreme jealousy as the mother-in-law and her daughter had not only killed Zara but also dismembered her body out of hatred. He added that Sughran and Yasmin believed Zara’s good looks caused Qadir to favor her while ignoring them.