Overview
- Investigators recovered poisonous medicines, liquid rodenticide and multiple strips of sleeping pills from the apartment, and a police surgeon reported suspicious substances in the victims’ blood.
- Handwritten letters, including one allegedly by Samina, referenced debts exceeding Rs15 million, though police are still verifying the documents’ authenticity.
- Officials have ruled out a gas leak, and a post-mortem indicated one body was about two days old at the time of discovery, contradicting the family’s initial account.
- Police have formally arrested Muhammad Iqbal and his son Yaseen, and say charging sections are under review with a possible shift from murder to attempted murder and suicide-related provisions.
- One TV outlet reported that Iqbal confessed to poisoning the three women over financial pressures, but investigators say final determinations await complete post-mortem and toxicology reports.