Police gain access to Mufti Qawi’s cellphone data

ACCUSED says murder planned abroad

/INP MULTAN-Police on Thursday gained access to the cellphone data of Mufti Abdul Qawi, which showed that the last contact between Qandeel Baloch and him took place on June 22.
The records also showed that telephonic contact between the two took place even before June 22.
Police said that Qawi would record his statement on Friday (today). Officials said that a 14-point questionnaire has been prepared to interrogate Mufti Qawi upon his arrival.
On Thursday, Waseem, the main suspect in the case was produced in civil judge’s court, which handed him over to police on remand for another three days.
The slain model’s brother was presented before the court after his three-day physical remand ended today.
The prime suspects in Qadeel Baloch murder Waseem and Haq Nawaz on Thursday revealed that the murder was planned by the brother of social media sensation residing in Saudi Arabia.
Sources said that the accused Waseem and Haq Nawaz disclosed during the interrogation that the murder was planned abroad and the brother of Qandeel namely Arif lured Haq Nawaz to support Waseem.
The accused also confessed that five persons were together at the time of the incident.
The mother of the social media celebrity murdered in an “honour” killing said that her son strangled his sister after being taunted by his friends over her behaviour.
Talking to media in village Shah Saddr Din, Baloch’s mother Anwar Wai wept as she recalled the shocking death at the hands of her brother Waseem.
“He killed my daughter after being taunted by his friends. They would infuriate him and tell him she is bringing you dishonour,” she said, surrounded by her husband as well as an adult son and daughter.

ePaper - Nawaiwaqt