Fugitive Father
ISLAMABAD: Urfan Sharif, the fugitive father of 10-year-old Sara Sharif found dead at home, is set to surrender to Pakistani police. The victim’s grandfather told the media today.
The British authorities launched a global manhunt after the police discovered Sara’s body with a catalog of injuries at the £500,000 council house in Woking, Surrey, following a phone call made by Sharif, 41, on August 10.
The Surrey police started a murder investigation after discovering the body, stating that the three suspects they wanted to speak to in connection with the murder had fled the country.
Sharif, his wife Beinash Batool, 29, and his brother Faisal Malik, 28, fled the UK to Islamabad a day before her body was found.
Sara’s “anxious” mother had urged her ex-husband to give up and turn himself in to the police.
Muhammad Sharif, Sara’s grandfather, told The Mirror from Jehlum, “As far as I know, my son and his wife are willing to surrender, and they will do so soon.”
He claimed he had not seen his son since he fled to Pakistan and had no idea how Sara died. Sharif said, “I want them to surrender soon because the police raids and investigations have put all of my family in deep trouble.”
“I don’t know where they are, but I can tell that they are not in Jehlum.”
Sara’s mother, Olga Sharif, has been in contact as the Pakistani police chase Sharif, his wife, and brother. She said, “Until he is arrested, I can’t have any sense of closure or security. It’s been a very anxious wait.”
Jhelum police chief Nasir Bajwa revealed on August 26 that the police were closing in on the group. “With God’s will, we will make the arrest by tomorrow night.”
Urfan’s brother, Imran Sharif, said that Urfan fell out with him after marrying Olga.
“After reaching Pakistan, he came to us and instantly disappeared. He did not bring his family to our home. Some people say he is hiding somewhere in Jhelum in a rented house, but others said he may have gone to Mirpur where his in-laws are living,” said Imran.
He also suggested that Urfan might have gone to Mirpur in the Azad Kashmir region, where his in-laws, Beenish’s parents, live.
