Shymala Hills police have arrested a man who had stabbed his 30-year-old live-in partner in front of Ranjeet Hotel at a boat club in the night on Saturday.
The killer Mohsin suspected that Iqra was having an affair with some other man. He had murdered his live-in partner by stabbing her in the neck.
The incident was reported late on Saturday night. Shyamala Hills police searched the surrounding CCTV cameras, then the accused was identified on the basis of the registration number of his bike and was arrested in the further investigation.
During initial interrogation, the accused told the police that there was a dispute between him and the live-in partner for three months. He suspected that she was having an affair. He stated that with the help of her aunts, the woman used to torture him. He claimed that the deceased was a good woman, but she was misled by her aunts.
However, her aunts told police that the accused had made obscene videos of the woman and used to blackmail her.
DCP Riyaz Iqbal said that 30-year-old Iqra alias Rosie lived in Karond's Housing Board Colony.
She used to work in the office of a property dealer. Mohsin was living with Iqra Khan for one and a half years.
After the incident, when the police reached the spot, Iqra was lying in an unconscious condition. The police took her to Hamidia Hospital where she was declared dead.
Iqra had also lodged a complaint against Mohsin at Nishatpura police station.
According to the police, on Saturday evening, Mohsin called Iqra to meet took her to the boat club, there was a dispute between them. Mohsin took out the knife and stabbed Iqra's in the neck on the left side.
The accused works as a driver in a travel agency. Iqra's mother Farhat Jahan died in the first wave of Corona and three months later, her father Naseer passed away.
Mohin told police that he was about to marry Iqra, but she was misled by her aunts. He claimed that Iqra used to torture him asking for money.