Zahir Jaffer, the sole suspect in Noor Mukadam’s case, has confessed to killing her, while DNA reports have confirmed that the victim was raped, a challan submitted by the police to the trial court stated.
The short-term challan was given to Additional District and Sessions Judge Atta Rabbani on September 9. Formerly, the challan was issued in the court of District and Sessions Judge Kamran Basharat Mufti. Though, the court tried the case on September 9 and later moved it.
The challan given to the court by the police mentioned that Zahir had confessed to killing Noor and a DNA report directs she was raped. Zahir also made a statement about beheading Noor, the challan mentioned.
As per the challan, Zahir said that when Noor rejected to marry him, he by force locked her up in a room. He directed his guard to not allow anyone to come in and not let her out. He confined her mobile phone in another room, which was recovered by the police from a closet in his house after interrogating Zahir.
Zahir told his father about Noor’s murder and the father told him there was no need for fright and that his “men were coming to dispose of the body”, the challan said.
The interim challan additionally said that if Zakir had notified the police in time, Noor’s murder could have been avoided. The father assisted his son, it said.
