ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court on Monday indicted Shahnawaz Amir, the prime accused, and his mother Sameena Shah in Pakistani-Canadian Sarah Inam murder case. Sessions judge Atta Rabbani read out the charges after he turned down Sameena’s petition seeking acquittal in the case. Both the accused have pleaded not guilty to the crime, while the court has ordered the prosecution to summon the witnesses on Dec 14 to record their statements in the case. On Sept 23, the Islamabad police arrested Shahnawaz from a farmhouse in Islamabad s Chak Shahzad area for allegedly killing his wife just three months after their marriage. During interrogation, he confessed to killing Inam for having a suspected extramarital affair. Police had also taken his mother into custody as she was present at the farmhouse when the incident occurred. DNA
