- Friend has allegedly pawned 67 tolas of medical gold.
- Three suspects in custody, one main suspect on the run.
- Strangled at Jinnahabad, body buried near Thandiani.
Dr. Warda, a doctor at Abbottabad’s DHQ Hospital, was abducted outside the facility and killed barely an hour later, District Police Officer Haroon ur Rasheed has said, while sources say the case is linked to 67 tolas of gold she had entrusted to a friend for safekeeping.
According to MS DHQ Hospital, the autopsy of the murdered doctor Dr. Warda completed and the report will be published soon.
The sources said she had served as a doctor at the DHQ hospital and, with her husband abroad, lived at home with her children. The DPO said she was abducted outside DHQ Hospital on December 4 and her body was recovered four days later.
The sources said that Dr. Warda around the time of her planned departure abroad was worried about 67 tolas of gold in her possession. A female suspect, identified as her friend Rida Jadoon, allegedly gained her trust and persuaded her to deposit the 67 tolas of gold with her as a mandate (storage).
The police later found that this gold had been pawned elsewhere and Rs 5 million had already been obtained.
In the murder case, police have so far arrested three suspects: prime suspect Rida Jadoon, her associate, Nadeem, and Pervaiz, who is a relative of Nadeem. Another prime suspect, Shamraiz, who is Nadeem’s uncle, remains at large.
The sources said the three related suspects belong to the same village from where Dr. Warda’s body was found. Police sources added that raids have been conducted at several places, including Peshawar, to arrest the absconding suspect.
According to investigators, the suspects first took Dr. Warda to an under-construction house in Jinnahabad. DPO Rasheed told a press conference that she was strangled to death and that she was killed barely an hour after being abducted before her body was taken and buried near Thandiani. He said both vehicles used in the crime have been seized.
The suspects had received Dr. Warda’s trust, especially Rida, and had her gold stored with him. On the day she was murdered, they made her write checks, which were later presented at the bank, but bounced, while she had already been killed within an hour of her abduction.
The three arrested suspects have now appeared before the Anti-Terrorism Court, which approved three days of physical custody after investigators requested 15 days. Police added that Rida’s husband, Waheed, has also been named in the case.
