DAWN reported that North Waziristan district police officer Shafiullah Gandapur said that Mohammad Aslam, who was a cousin of the two girls, was held during a raid in an unidentified location. The suspected killer had gone into hiding following the honour killings.
Earlier in the day, a central character of the incident, Umer Ayaz, confessed before a local court that he had recorded the video. He was taken to the court by the police amid tight security. DPO Gandapur told reporters that suspect Umer Ayaz told the court that he used the mobile phone of his friend, Fida Wazir, who had already been held by the police.
Meanwhile, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspecor General of Police Sanaullah Abbasi announced cash reward and commendation certificates for police officials over arrests in the honour killing case.
So far the police have arrested four suspects in the case, including Umer Ayaz, Fida Mohammad, father of one of the girls, Zadwal Khan, and the girl’s cousin, Roohuddin. The police claimed that the family of the deceased had kept the killings a secret, so the relevant station house officer registered the FIR as the complainant.