KARACHI: Investigation Officer in Dua Zehra case, has said that presence of Zaheer Ahmed, the ‘husband’ of Dua Zehra, has been confirmed in Karachi on April 16, the day of the incident.
In an evolution report submitted in the court today, the IO said that the CDR record attained. Suspect Zaheer Ahmed was present in Karachi on April 16, the day of her kidnapping.
“After the CDR we have substantial evidence against the accused. The case challan against the accused submitted in court,” the IO said in his progress report.
The police required the court’s permission to keep clauses relating to underage marriage in the case.
“A permission sought for recovery of Dua Zehra from Punjab from the Sindh government,” rendering to the report.
Additional appeal filed with the session court on Thursday to change the investigation officer in the Dua Zehra case.
Zaheer Ahmed in Karachi:
The plea specified that the case changed overall after the medical report exposed that the girl age is 15-year-old.
“The investigation officer is not probing the matter following medical report.”
It said, adding that the applicant in the case and family no longer trust the IO.
On July 02, the Judicial Magistrate court Karachi east had overruled Dua Zehra’s father’s previous plea to change the investigation officer of the case.
The court had discharged Mehdi Ali Kazmi’s appeal to change the investigation officer saying the C class report of the IO not acknowledged yet.
A report of a medical commission formed to measure the age of Dua Zehra, the teenage girl who went missing from Karachi and later claimed to have married Zaheer Ahmed, determined her age at 14 to 15 years keeping in view her physical look while the age determined through her teeth is between 13 to 15 years.
The bone ossification test has though revealed her age as between 16 to 17 years.
The report concluded that after discussion between medical experts on numerous factors determining her age, it agreed that the girl age is between 15 to 16-year-old.
The report signed by the chairman and other 10 members of the medical board.