The Khairpur police on Friday arrested Fayyaz Shah, father of Hina Shah, from his haveli in the Fatima murder case, sources said.

Shah had secured bail from the Sindh High Court’s Hyderabad Bench.

Fatima, 10, was found dead on August 13 in Asad Shah’s mansion in the Ranipur taluka of Khairpur district. Initial reports claimed she was killed and that marks of torture were found on her body.

She worked as a maid in Shah’s house and was buried without a post-mortem examination. Her body was later exhumed for a post-mortem examination where police said that she was raped before she died.

On September 13, Police conducted a raid to arrest Hina Shah and her father Fayyaz Shah, but both managed to escape.

Khairpur and Karachi police raided the house of Fayyaz Shah’s brother, Syed Niyaz Shah in Karachi after police had received a tip-off that the culprits could be hiding at the residence.

However, both the accused managed to evade the police and escape.The prime suspect Asad Shah is already in police custody.

Shah was part of the dark web, the victim’s lawyer said, adding there were some reports that Asad Shah was a member of the dark web.

“These people make and upload videos of child abuse and he records videos and sells them to the dark web,” Mir Imtiaz Memon told reporters outside the court.