ISLAMABAD: DNA tests conducted on clothes, weapon of offence and other material collected from the crime scene in last month’s gruesome murder of Noor Mukadam confirmed that Zahir Zakir Jaffer was the killer, according to the police. “The DNA tests on samples collected from the clothes of both Zahir and Noor, and the weapon of offence, have confirmed the fingerprints of the principal accused in this case,” Inspector Abdul Sattar, who is investigating the case, said. Police had last month submitted all evidence gathered from the crime scene, including CCTV footage from the Jaffer house, to the Punjab Forensic Science Agency in Lahore for analysis. Noor’s heart, lung, stomach, liver, spleen, nail scraping and vaginal swabs were also sent to the agency for chemical examination. A forensic report by the agency confirmed that the CCTV footage was original and had not been edited, and the people in it were Jaffer and Mukadam, Sattar said.

Source: Pakistan Today August 14, 2021 16:18 UTC