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Published 14 Feb, 2020 06:10am

Siblings kept mother’s body in freezer over a decade

Police discovered a woman's body that had been kept in a freezer for almost 12 years by the woman’s two children in Karachi, Gulshan-e-Iqbal area.

According to the reports, the deceased was identified as Zahabia*. Her son and daughter had not buried her after her death more than 10-12 years ago, instead, kept it in the deep freezer so that they could "see her at will"

"After the death of the children, their uncle, 70-year-old Mehboob, visited the apartment, where he found the remains. Mehboob then proceeded to dump the remains in a pile of garbage, where they were later discovered," he said, Police confirmed that the body has sent to the morgue for autopsy and are currently investigating the incident, adding that Mehboob has been taken into custody. He maintained that the deceased's apartment had remained empty after the death of her children.

Mehboob denied knowing that his sister had passed away. He stated that he had asked the two siblings about his sister several times but the two did not meet people from the family or from the neighborhood.

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