Jibran Nasir, the lawyer of Dua Zehra’s father, has claimed that the investigation officer in the case has been continuously suppressing key facts revealed during the investigation.
Earlier in April, Dua, 15, had mysteriously disappeared from her house in Karachi but later declared that she had run away from her home to marry 21-year-old Zaheer Ahmed.
Dua’s father, Mehdi Kazmi, has filed multiple cases in courts to acquire her custody, claiming that his daughter was kidnapped by Zaheer as she was a “minor” and could not have gotten married due to her age.
In a series of tweets today, Jibran Nasir said: "[The] I.O. [investigation officer] is continuing to suppress key facts of Dua Zehra case which should have been investigated on day one. We have moved multiple applications with [the] police asserting the child did not go to Lahore alone but was taken by [the] accused. [The] police itself is denting an already fragile public trust."
"All our concerns regarding investigation have been regularly and formally communicated to AIG Investigations Sindh along with multiple requests to change [the] I.O. Also personally met IGP Sindh with concerns/requests. But police [‘s] refusal to budge is only inviting doubts about leadership," he added.
Earlier in April, Dua, 15, had mysteriously disappeared from her house in Karachi but later declared that she had run away from her home to marry 21-year-old Zaheer Ahmed.
Dua’s father, Mehdi Kazmi, has filed multiple cases in courts to acquire her custody, claiming that his daughter was kidnapped by Zaheer as she was a “minor” and could not have gotten married due to her age.
In a series of tweets today, Jibran Nasir said: "[The] I.O. [investigation officer] is continuing to suppress key facts of Dua Zehra case which should have been investigated on day one. We have moved multiple applications with [the] police asserting the child did not go to Lahore alone but was taken by [the] accused. [The] police itself is denting an already fragile public trust."
"All our concerns regarding investigation have been regularly and formally communicated to AIG Investigations Sindh along with multiple requests to change [the] I.O. Also personally met IGP Sindh with concerns/requests. But police [‘s] refusal to budge is only inviting doubts about leadership," he added.