Deaths in Township police custody: Forensic report confirms women were addicts: IGP

Deaths in Township police custody: Forensic report confirms women were addicts: IGP.

Key points

• The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Published August 26, 2026 Updated August 26, 2026 08: 58am.
• LAHORE: Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abdul Kareem notes the forensic report of the two young women.
• The victim was discovered dead in the washroom of her apartment in a housing scheme in Rawalpindi on Thursday evening.
• The IGP remarked the Rawalpindi police handled the case professionally by proving during investigations that it was a murder, not a suicide case.
• The investigations into the Hina Javed's murder case are underway and the police will shortly bring the culprits to the court of law, he went on.

For context, the Newspaper's Staff Reporter Published August 26, 2026 Updated August 26, 2026 08: 58am. Join our Whatsapp Channel. Add Dawn as a trusted source.

LAHORE: Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abdul Kareem notes the forensic report of the two young women. This person had died in Township police station, has confirmed that they had been using addictive drugs or prohibited substances.

Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, along with other senior officers of Lahore police, he remarked the forensic report was prepared by a medical board comprising senior doctors.

According to The IGP, as the report notes, both young women died of cardiopulmonary arrest, an acute medical emergency where the heart suddenly stops pumping blood and breathing ceases.

He remarked the report additionally made public that the women were using nine kinds of intoxicating substances which led to their death during interrogation in the police custody.

To a question, the IGP remarked that though death of the two women meanwhile was unusual, the forensic reports have produced it clear that they died of addictive substance.

Regarding the progress in the investigation into Hina Javed's murder case registered in Rawalpindi, the IGP stated that three suspects were nominated in the FIR and two of them have been arrested by the police.

For context, the victim was discovered dead in the washroom of her apartment in a housing scheme in Rawalpindi on Thursday evening. The police remarked the body bore signs of torture, with a wire around the neck and it was tied to the shower rod.

In practice, the IGP remarked the Rawalpindi police handled the case professionally by proving during investigations that it was a murder, not a suicide case.

In practice, the investigations into the Hina Javed's murder case are underway and the police will shortly bring the culprits to the court of law, he went on.

Talking regarding the murder of Abdullah Tahir, a PTI ticket-holder from Okara, he stated the shooters who targeted the victim fled to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab police teams are working on the case to trace and arrest them as shortly as feasible. Published in Dawn, August 26th, 2026.

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