LAHORE – A jacket owned by Imran, who was the main accused of the Zainabmurder case was among the evidence that helped the police to narrow down onthe suspect, revealed a BBC reportlink>.[image: an image]
The CCTV video which went viral showed the suspect wearing a zip-up jackethaving two giant buttons at either side of the jacket top. However, theCCTV footage did not clearly show the jacket’s colour.
The police nonetheless carried out a raid at the suspect’s house where ablack jacket with a similar design was found. Imran was eventually arrestedas the prime accused after his DNA matched with the sample collected fromthe site where Zainab’s body was dumped.
According to the report, the suspect’s mother aided the police in trackinghim down after his DNA samples matched.
After the police arrested Imran, the suspect reportedly confessed toassaulting eight minor girls at an under-construction site and two othersin a garbage heap. He also admitted to murdering five minor girls at anunder-construction site and throwing away the bodies of three others in agarbage pile, sources said.
The suspect Imran resided in the same neighbourhood as Zainab. He isunmarried and 24 years old.[image: an image]
Zainab’s father, speaking in Geo News programme ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada KaaySaath’ said on Tuesday that the accused had tricked his daughter by sayingthat he was taking her to meet her parents.
According to sources, Imran and the victim’s family knew each other and hehad visited Zainab’s house a number of times before.
Investigative sources probing the case revealed that the suspect used tolure his victims by promising to buy them candies, hair clips and othergoodies.
Sources also revealed that Imran assaultedsix-year-old Kainat, who iscurrently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Lahore, by promising to buyher yogurt.
Imran had been nabbed by the police in the initial days following Zainab’smurder, but he was released soon after when he pretended to have had aheart attack, sources said.
After his DNA matched, however, he was tracked down by the police andarrested again.