Body of Italian-Pakistani woman exhumed, samples sent for post-mortem

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GUJRAT: The body of an Italian-Pakistani woman, Sana Cheema, who was killed in an alleged case of so-called honour killing has been exhumed and samples have been sent for post-mortem, Geo News reported on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, it was reported that the girl was killed by her father, brother, and uncle over ‘honour’. Police said that the 26-year-old woman’s family had termed her death as an ‘accident’ and buried the body in West Mangowal area of District Gujrat on April 18.

However, documents appeared on Wednesday which proved that Sana was taken to hospital on April 11 seeking treatment for blood pressure and stomach ache. The police received doctor’s prescription, along with hospital and medical store bills.

The police said that they have to investigate whether the prescription and bills are real or not.

According to the police, the girl’s father, identified as Ghulam Mustafa, wanted to marry her off to his relative but Sana wanted to get married in Italy. The father then took on board his son, Adnan Mustafa, and brother, Mazhar Iqbal, and hatched a plan to kill her.

The police have registered a case against three suspects on April 23, who are yet to be arrested.

The grave-digger who buried Sana's body has reportedly said that the relatives of the deceased were in a hurry to bury her as they brought two labourers with them to expedite burial.

On the issue, the Italian foreign ministry remarked that it has kept an eye on the case, adding that it is determined to reach to the bottom of the case. The ministry also said that it is willing to cooperate with Pakistani authorities over the issue.

Moreover, the case garnered enough attention on social media and Women's March - Milan is calling for people to post pictures demanding #JusticeforSana and #TruthforSana.