Police yet to recover Dua Zehra

KARACHI: Karachi police department has failed to recover the allegedly abducted a 14-year-old girl Dua Zehra after seven days of giving useless clues and a sort of victim blaming.

The worst example of victim-blaming was set by the police department instead of expediting efforts for the immediate recovery of the missing Dua Zehra.

At first, the police department did not register the case for three days and then showed negligence to expand the scope of the investigation into the Dua Zehra disappearance case.

Secondly, a wrong CCTV footage another girl was given to establish the missing girl went outside the residence of her own will. Later, the police started victim-blaming by saying that the girl was not going to school for several years.

Police investigators later said that they found internet history of court marriage and will marriage from the devices at her residence and later the rumours were spread about her secret marriage with the son of a feudal in Sanghar.

During these episodes, the police force failed to recover Zehra as yet.

Yesterday, a cybercrime cell team of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) visited Dua Zehra’s home and questioned her family.

According to the FIA cybercrime cell’s provincial head Imran Riaz, a four-member team including a forensic expert, technical analyst, a female investigation officer and a female psychologist visited the house of Dua Zehra Kazmi and an emergency contact made with Google, Samsung and online gaming platform.

FIA Cyber Crime Sindh’s 4 member team -including forensic expert, technical analyst , female investigation officer and female psychologist- visited house of #DuaZehraKazmi Emergency contact made with Google, Samsung and online gaming platform. #duazehramissing #DuaZehra pic.twitter.com/YPTKgPwjlM

— Imran Riaz FIA Cyber Crime (@ImmiRizz) April 22, 2022

Prominent personalities and other nationals have shown solidarity with Dua Zehra’s father and demanded the authorities immediately recover the missing girl.

This is absolutely heart breaking💔. Can’t imagine what her parents are going thorough. Let’s pray together for #DuaZehra that she returns to her home safely. I request the authorities to take strong action and bring her back to her parents. 🤲🏻🤲🏻

— Maya Ali (@mayaali07) April 22, 2022

5th Day today since #DuaZehra‘s disappearance. A girl steps down from her apartment on the 1st floor to dispose off 3 trash bags on the ground floor. She carries 2 bags in her hands towards the ground floor while the third is left in the apartment but she never returns for it… pic.twitter.com/HUAp5q0bg1

— M. Jibran Nasir 🇵🇸 (@MJibranNasir) April 20, 2022

Prayers for #DuaZehra and family. May she and all missing children get back to their parents safely. I urge authorities to protect and safeguard our children. They are our future, there is nothing more important.

— Shadab Khan (@76Shadabkhan) April 21, 2022

Daughters are only daughters, they don’t have any sect/ethnicity/political affiliations, they are just daughters. I appeal @BakhtawarBZ and @AseefaBZ to take personal interest/intervention in #duazehramissing case and follow/ensure her quick/safe return to parents please 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/0Mbo4cOv3g

— Asad Ali Toor (@AsadAToor) April 22, 2022

Have been following like everyone else the devasting case of #DuaZehra – Police have been conducting raids and 100% efforts are underway. Cannot even fathom what her family are going through, praying for her safe recovery InshAllah 💔🤲 https://t.co/n2usPAiY3R

— Bakhtawar B-Zardari (@BakhtawarBZ) April 22, 2022

Help spread the word #duazehra pic.twitter.com/AwJxk9yPIW

— Bilal Ashraf (@IamBilalAshraf) April 23, 2022

Deeply saddened to know about the disappearance of #DuaZehra Prayers for the safe return of this young girl. AUTHORITIES MUST GET INTO IMMEDIATE ACTION @officialDGISPR @CPLCSindh_

— Sajal Ali (@Iamsajalali) April 22, 2022

Praying with all my heart for Dua Zehra.. may she come home today.. Safe and sound.. Ameen. #DuaZehra

Please help 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼@CPLCSindh_ @OfficialDGISPR @MediaCellPPP

— Mahira Khan (@TheMahiraKhan) April 22, 2022

Aslaam o Alaikum please make special duas for this daughter #DuaZehra May Allah protect her and return her to her family safe and sound ameen 😒🙏🤲🏻#duazehra
#DuaZehra pic.twitter.com/HsMPwJious

— Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23) April 22, 2022

Mystery case

The disappearance of a 14-year-old Karachi girl, Dua Zehra, became a mystery case due to the contradictory statements of police and parents.

Karachi police force has failed to recover the allegedly abducted girl, Dua Zehra, after spending six days.

Karachi police have claimed on the basis of CCTV footage that the girl went away voluntarily and was not abducted, whereas, the parents insisted that the girl seen in the footage was not Dua Zahra.

Police also found a search history of court marriage and will-marriage on the internet device of the girl’s house. According to Geo News, there are unconfirmed reports of Zehra’s marriage with the son of a feudal in Sanghar.

14-year-old Dua Zahra, who was allegedly abducted from Malir’s Al-Falah area of ​​Karachi, could not be recovered even after 6 days. Police found important evidence from the CCTV footage outside her residence.

Zehra’s father claimed that the girl who is appearing in CCTV footage was not her daughter. He added that Dua has gone missing in the daylight but the footage showed the nighttime happening.

Police said that when the footage was shown to the neighbours, they confirmed that the girl was Dua.

Moreover, the father of the girl also made a contradictory statement regarding his daughter’s academic details as he claimed that Dua Zehra was a class 7 student. On the other hand, the probers found that she did not go to school since class 3.

The investigators also claimed that information was also collected from a private school’s principal and her fellow students. Moreover, important evidence was collected from the internet device of Zehra’s residence. Police claimed that the search history related to court marriage and marriage of choice was traced.

According to Geo News, a team comprising intelligence agencies and Karachi Police led by DSP Shaukat Shahani cordoned off Zahid Town and Rajput Colony of Sanghar and conducted a search operation that continued for several hours besides searching suspected houses.

However, the media was not briefed about the outcome of the search operation. Some locals claimed that the abducted girl had been rescued. It is being said that a son of a feudal in the Sanghar district who allegedly kept her inside a house after tying the knot with her.

Dua Zahra’s parents, while talking to ARY Digital’s Shan-e-Ramazan program yesterday, shared details about the alleged abduction of Dua Zahra. The girl’s father told the host that they received kidnappers’ messages via WhatsApp and they were demanded ransom for releasing Zehra.

Dua’s father claimed that she went to throw out the garbage at 12:30 pm and she did not return. “We went to the police to report her disappearance but the police did nothing for three days until we contacted JDC.”

JDC head Zafar Abbas claimed that Dua Zehra’s father was demanded ransom and threatened for selling her daughter in case of non-payment of the ransom money.

The mother of the girl said that they kept looking for her like crazy but did not find her anywhere. Today, six days later, they do not know anything about the girl, they do not know in what condition my daughter will be.

“We have no enmity with anyone. I want my daughter alive, not dead like Zainab. I appeal to the higher authorities to recover Dua as soon as possible,” she said.

According to investigators, the phone calls for ransom were fake. The suspected messengers were arrested by the police who revealed that they sent the message for fun.