Police in Pakistan have raided not less than 20 properties nationwide as they seek for Sara Sharif’s household, Sky News understands.
According to Sky’s Inzamam Rashid, the raids had been concentrated in Jhelum and Mirpur – and are ongoing.
The 10-year-old’s father Urfan Sharif and her stepmother Beinash Batool are believed to have travelled to the nation – the day earlier than her physique was discovered at her dwelling in Woking final month.
Police need to query each Mr Sharif and his accomplice, together with brother Faisal Shahzad Malik, who’re believed to have fled with 5 youngsters on 10 August.
On Wednesday, Ms Batool broke her silence in video shared with Sky News – and mentioned the household was keen to cooperate with British authorities and “fight our case in court”.
In a video shared with Sky News, Mr Sharif and Ms Batool are sitting side-by-side as she reads a ready assertion from a pocket book.
She denies media stories that Mr Sharif’s brother Imran mentioned Sara fell down the steps and claims the household has “gone into hiding”.
‘Haunted’ by sight of Sara’s physique
Sara’s mom, Olga Sharif who separated from Mr Sharif in 2015, mentioned she was “haunted” by the sight of her daughter’s physique in a mortuary.
Speaking to the Polish tv programme Uwaga! on Wednesday, Ms Sharif mentioned: “One of her cheeks was swollen and the other side was bruised. Even now, when I close my eyes I can see what my baby looked like.
“They dressed her in Mickey Mouse pyjamas and she or he had a quilt over her. No mom ought to need to see one thing like that.”
Sara and her older brother had been dwelling with their mom from 2015 till 2019, when the household courtroom dominated they need to reside with their father.
Ms Sharif nonetheless had equal rights to see the youngsters and mentioned whereas that was simple to take care of initially, it turned more and more more durable over time.
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