‘Stoning’ claims untrue: Husband confesses to strangling wife

[Shaista]

MULTAN: A woman who was allegedly stoned to death on the orders of a panchayat last week was actually strangled by her own husband, the police said on Saturday.

Preliminary investigations carried out by the law enforcement personnel have shown that news reports on the 35-year-old Mariyam Bibi’s murder were inaccurate.
About a week ago, the mother of five got involved in a scuffle with local land owners Arsalan and Mehboob when she went to a field to cut some grass for her livestock.
It was earlier reported that Mehboob’s aides went to the woman’s house to ‘teach her a lesson’ where she was stoned to death while her husband, Sarfaraz, was kidnapped. Now, not only is the cause of Mariyam’s death said to be different, Sarfaraz’s confession to the police of killing his own wife has complicated proceedings further.
A resident of the area and a witness in the case, Rashid told The Express Tribune the couple had a series of fights after Sarfaraz tried to force her to reach an amicable settlement with the land owners.
Shortly afterwards, Mariyam’s body was found in a nearby field while Sarfaraz was reported missing. Following this, Sarfaraz’s father Siddiq registered an FIR at the Kacha Khu police station against the feudal lords for kidnapping and killing his son. Three of the accused were arrested and offered to cooperate.
The police managed to track down Sarfaraz after residents of the area initially identified him as a thief. Sarfaraz told the police that he had strangled his wife with a piece of cloth and then smashed bricks on her limp body to ensure she didn’t survive. When presented before the area’s magistrate Rehman Elahi, Sarfaraz said the land owners were innocent and had nothing to do with Mariyam’s murder.
SHO Chaudhry Shamshad also said the post-mortem report ruled out torture and the real cause of her death was suffocation.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry took suo motu notice of the incident after a local TV channel first broke the news. District Police Officer Waqar Abbasi, however, said no panchayat was held and no stoning verdict was passed.
Sarfaraz will appear before the Supreme Court on July 23.
Following media reports, Punjab’s Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif arrived in Khanewal on Saturday to offer condolences and hand over a cheque of Rs500,000 to the deceased’s family.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 22^nd, 2012

[dildada]

Jhoota Gatia Media

[Dengue]

well seems to b fishy .. he must have been forced to do so .. may be because of his kids .. dont wanna lose them .. he know that media will do nothing .. but he have to live in that village for whole life ..

[rizhussain44]

well seems to b fishy .. he must have been forced to do so .. may be because of his kids .. dont wanna lose them .. he know that media will do nothing .. but he have to live in that village for whole life ..

It does sound fishy, I don't rule out that the actual case might still be the one told earlier where the local land owners were involved and now the husband might have been made to take over all the charges through pressure from them.

The evidence, witnesses and stories can always be cooked up in favor of those who are influential.

[Young_Blood]

wow kya police hai,, jab crime ho jata hai phir jaagti hai,,,wo b uss waqt jab koi DANDAA deta hai,,, mujhey to samjh nahi aati k pakistan main POLICE ko rekha hoowa kiun hai,,, muft ke inhein salaries de jati hein,,,,
arey jab jurm honay k baad he tum logo ne Danda lene k baad herkat main aana hota hai to tumhara faida kya,,,
agar main CM hota,, ya IG Punjab Police hota,, to main iss area k DSP,,,SHO samait poorey thanay k amlay k khilaaf FIR katwata,,, aur in sab ko iss jurm main barabar ka qasoorwar thihrata,,,, aik example set kerta,

[Zulfi Khan]

In villages, the poor have no respect before any landlord.We are just babblers and nothing
else.These events will continue unabated because the law of Jungle exists in Pakistan.

[Geek]

A woman who was allegedly stoned to death on the orders of a panchayat last week was actually strangled by her own husband, the police said on Saturday.




Preliminary investigations carried out by the law enforcement personnel have shown that news reports on the 35-year-old Mariyam Bibi’s murder were inaccurate.

About a week ago, the mother of five got involved in a scuffle with local land owners Arsalan and Mehboob when she went to a field to cut some grass for her livestock.

It was earlier reported that Mehboob’s aides went to the woman’s house to ‘teach her a lesson’ where she was stoned to death while her husband, Sarfaraz, was kidnapped. Now, not only is the cause of Mariyam’s death said to be different, Sarfaraz’s confession to the police of killing his own wife has complicated proceedings further.

A resident of the area and a witness in the case, Rashid told The Express Tribune the couple had a series of fights after Sarfaraz tried to force her to reach an amicable settlement with the land owners.

Shortly afterwards, Mariyam’s body was found in a nearby field while Sarfaraz was reported missing. Following this, Sarfaraz’s father Siddiq registered an FIR at the Kacha Khu police station against the feudal lords for kidnapping and killing his son. Three of the accused were arrested and offered to cooperate.

The police managed to track down Sarfaraz after residents of the area initially identified him as a thief. Sarfaraz told the police that he had strangled his wife with a piece of cloth and then smashed bricks on her limp body to ensure she didn’t survive. When presented before the area’s magistrate Rehman Elahi, Sarfaraz said the land owners were innocent and had nothing to do with Mariyam’s murder.

SHO Chaudhry Shamshad also said the post-mortem report ruled out torture and the real cause of her death was suffocation.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry took suo motu notice of the incident after a local TV channel first broke the news. District Police Officer Waqar Abbasi, however, said no panchayat was held and no stoning verdict was passed.

Sarfaraz will appear before the Supreme Court on July 23.

Following media reports, Punjab’s Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif arrived in Khanewal on Saturday to offer condolences and hand over a
cheque of Rs500,000 to the deceased’s family.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 22^nd, 2012.

[Saviour]

just surprised before doing anything they take media with us and do release another video just to pretend that how good they are ...
by the way why both brother playing stupid tactics after 30th of october..
we need a system we wont be dependable on such culprits.. why don't they change police system and give them independence.
we need system like in other peoples where you don't need such culprits to solve your problems, where systematically things been sorted.
they stupid ruling from last 5 years and still they want time to bring change, how weird... they will never make any policy for nation they just want to see them as a slave who depend on them ..

[sadia_gul]

Khadim-e-Aala ki drama bazi molahiza ho.......These are the tactics to gain cheap popularity......

[MSUMAIRZ]

My friends the area this incident took place is near Multan City and I do not think any village that is near a Main City can afford to have this kind of Activity especially the media is available close by. So please do not get overzealous against the Landowners on every given chance. Media created the hype of MUKHTARAAN MAI without confirming the facts.

[sabirmughal]

Ye Joker Shahbaz sharif us aurat sy ziyada paseeny aur garmi sy preshan ziyada lag rha hy

dirty tactics of Noora League

[closedstreet]

You cannot always believe in Media. Some times they do stunts !!!!!!!!!!

[barca]

Khadim-e-Aala ki drama bazi molahiza ho.......These are the tactics to gain cheap popularity......

کم از کم تمارے چور زرداری سے تو بہتر ہے جو گیڈر کی طرح چھپ کر بیٹھا ہے

[sadia_gul]

کم از کم تمارے چور زرداری سے تو بہتر ہے جو گیڈر کی طرح چھپ کر بیٹھا ہے

Oey bhanjay, tum nein kub se party badal lee, tum tu PTI mein thay..........

Nooooooora League nein koi lifafa tu nahn pakra deeya..........PTI de putar hattan tein nahn wikday.....

[anyie1]

apart from the news , look at this goon munfiq e alla , the way he is trying to gain popularity, they can go to any extent to come back in the govt but by the grace of ALLAH ALMIGHTY they will be loosing this time... their time is up

[maliksum]

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