CJP asks KP police to explain how Asma's murderer fled to Saudi Arabia

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday took suo motu notice of the murder of a medical student in Kohat and sought a report from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police chief. 

The chief justice asked the IG KP to come up with an explanation as to how the suspected killer fled the country.

Asma Rani a third year student at Ayub Medical College was shot dead after she rejected a marriage proposal.

Abbas Majeed Marwat, the DPO Kohat, said the red warrants for the arrest of accused Mujahid Afridi who fled to Saudi Arabia after murdering the girl have been issued. He would be nabbed and brought back to the country within 48 hours, he added.

He, however, said accomplice Sadiq Afridi had been arrested and was being interrogated regarding the case.

Police had registered an FIR in the case on the complaint of the brother of the deceased, Muhammad Irfan under Section 324 and 304 of Pakistan Penal Code.

Asma Rani was returning in a rickshaw with her sister-in-law when suspect Mujahid who was already present outside their house shot her dead.

Asma received three bullet wounds and was shifted to a hospital in critical condition but later died from her wounds.

However, Asma revealed the name of the person who fired on her before she succumbed to her injuries. She said his name was Mujahid Afridi and he was the nephew of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf district vice-president Aftab Alam.