Remand extended in girl burning case

LAHORE

An Anti-Terrorism Court on Saturday extended physical remand for five days of three accused of burning alive a 17-year-old girl in the name of "honour" who had contracted marriage of her own choice.

The accused included Parveen Rafique, Mushtaq and Anees. Parveen Rafique is mother of the girl, Zeenat, while Anees is her brother and Mushtaq is brother-in-law. The police are likely to submit challan against the accused by June 30. 

Newly-wed Zeenat was burnt alive for "honour" allegedly by her parents over contracting love marriage in the Factory Area police limits. A case was registered on the complaint of her husband, Hassan Khan, a resident of Chungi Amar Sadhu. He is a motorcycle mechanic. In his statement, he said he had contracted love marriage with the victim on May 29 through a local court. The victim’s cousin, Mushtaq Ahmad, visited his house and asked her to go back home so that a marriage ceremony could be held in a proper way.