3 arrested in connection with murder of Wajiha Swati, including ex-husband Rizwan Habib and his father
\n ISLAMABAD\/RAWALPINDI
\nThe body of Wajiha Swati, a US citizen of Pakistani origin who went missing from Rawalpindi in October has been found, police said on Saturday.
\nCity Police Officer Rawalpindi Sajid Kiani, addressing a press conference, said that the case is under investigation and the police will not divulge too many details at this point.
\nKiyani did reveal some aspects that came to light during investigations, such as Swati arriving in Pakistan on October 16 and being received by her former husband, Rizwan Habib.
\nHe went on to say that three people \u2014 Habib, his father and one other suspect \u2014 have been arrested in connection with the case.
\nThe CPO said that Wajiha\u2019s body was found from Lakki Marwat\u2019s Pizu area and that it is being brought to Islamabad.
\nHe said that further investigations are underway and further arrests are expected.
\nThe police officer said that the probe team gathered sufficient evidence after which the arrests were made. He added that the US embassy sought details from the police owing to Swati being a US citizen.
\n\u201cHow the murder was carried out, what weapon was used, is something it would be too premature to comment on,\u201d the CPO said.
\nHe vowed that the police will ensure the culprits get their just desserts.
\nEx-husband has confessed to killing Swati, claim police
\nEarlier in the day, sources within the police claimed that her ex-husband, Rizwan Habib, has confessed to killing her.
\nHabib \u201cconfessed to his crime\u201d during police interrogation, the sources said.
\nThe sources said that Swati came to Pakistan from England on October 16 to resolve property issues with her ex-husband.
\nThe US woman was murdered the same day she arrived in Rawalpindi, they added.
\nA case relating to her abduction was registered at Morgah Police Station in Rawalpindi on the complaint of her son.
\nAccording to the sources, Habib said that he had killed Swati on October 16 and buried her body in Hangu.
\nOn the directions of RPO Rawalpindi, a police team was sent to Hangu to recover the body.
\nDPO Ikramullah Khan said that the police arrested Habib\u2019s father last night from Hangu on charges of aiding and abetting the murder.
\nThe DPO said that Swati\u2019s body has yet to be exhumed.
\nLHC orders authorities to recover kidnapped Pak-American woman
\nOn December 23, the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench\u2019s Justice Raja Shahid Mehmood Abbasi ordered the city police officer (CPO) to recover Swati soon otherwise the court will summon the Inspector General of Police. The court had ordered the police to present her in court after recovering her.
\nRawalpindi police arrested Habib and produced him before the judicial magistrate Zaheer Safdar. The court handed over the accused to the police on a four-day physical remand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
3 arrested in connection with murder of Wajiha Swati, including ex-husband Rizwan Habib and his father ISLAMABAD\/RAWALPINDI The body of Wajiha Swati, a US citizen of Pakistani origin who went missing from Rawalpindi in October has been found, police said on Saturday. City Police Officer Rawalpindi Sajid Kiani, addressing a press conference, said that the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2166,2164,504,2165],"class_list":{"0":"post-235058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-body","9":"tag-lakki-marwat","10":"tag-missing","11":"tag-pakistani_american"},"yoast_head":"\n