Five kids who travelled to Pakistan with the daddy and step-mother of 10-year-old Sara Sharif can be taken into the custody of the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau, a choose has dominated.
The kids, aged between one and 13, have been recovered from the home of Sara’s grandfather within the northeastern metropolis of Jhelum on Monday after a raid by native police.
Their grandfather, Mohammad Sharif, advised Sky News the kids had been with him since they arrived in Pakistan over a month in the past and he felt it was his “duty to protect them”.
He had hoped they might be capable of come again residence following the court docket hearings in Jhelum in the present day, however Senior Judge Javed Iqbal Khokar dominated they need to be taken into custody by Pakistani authorities.
Police additionally confirmed to Sky News they’ve no less than 4 groups within the metropolis trying to find Sara’s father, step-mother and uncle.
The kids are understood to have travelled from the UK to Pakistan with Sara‘s father Urfan Sharif, her stepmother Beinash Batool, and Mr Sharif’s brother Faisal Shahzad Malik final month.
Authorities wish to query the trio over the loss of life of 10-year-old Sara, whose physique was discovered at her residence in Woking, Surrey, on 10 August after her father known as 999 from Pakistan. He had flown there from Britain a day earlier.
The occasions in Pakistan come after UK officers launched a homicide investigation after Sara was discovered lifeless. A autopsy examination revealed she had suffered “multiple and extensive” accidents.
Content Source: information.sky.com