Islamabad: A sessions court in Islamabad on Wednesday granted bail to Samina Shah, the mother of the main accused in the Sara Inam murder case.
Additional Sessions Judge Sheikh Sohail, while hearing the bail application, ordered the release of the accused.
Samina was lodged in Adiala Jail on October 19 after she was arrested by the Islamabad Police after her bail plea was rejected by Additional Sessions Judge Sheikh Sohail.
Murder
Shahnawaz Amir, son of Samina and senior journalist Ayaz Amir, was arrested by the Islamabad Police on September 23 on charges of murdering his wife Sara Inam.
He was allegedly killed in a farmhouse in Chak Shahzad, a suburb of Islamabad, where the accused lived with his mother.
Sources told JEE News that Sara, a Canadian citizen and third wife of the accused, had arrived in Pakistan from Dubai a day ago.
According to sources, Sara and Shahnawaz had an argument over a domestic dispute due to which the accused hit her on the head with an iron dumbbell.
After killing his wife, the accused allegedly dumped her body in the bathtub. Later, the police arrested the accused and transferred him to Shahzad Town police station for further investigation.
The accused’s parents have also been named in the case.
