KARACHI: The five family members whose decomposed bodies were found in a locked apartment in a high-rise building in Ahsanabad near Gulshan-i-Maymar were laid to rest on Tuesday, according to police and rescue services officials.
Dr Umer, 45, his wife, Mehwish, 35, and the couple’s three daughters were found dead in the nat on Sept 20.
Following autopsies conducted at the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, doctors reserved the cause of death pending receipt of reports. The bodies had been taken to the Edhi morgue at Sohrab Goth.
On Monday, a brother of the deceased doctor and his father-in-law arrived in Karachi from Punjab.
The bodies were handed over to them.
An Edhi Foundation spokesperson said the five bodies were taken to Saiful Mari Goth off the Superhighway from the mortuary where they were laid to rest in the presence of their relatives.
Sohrab Goth DSP Aurangzeb Khattak said that the brother and the father-in-law told the police that they came to know about the deaths of the family through the media.
The officer said they were waiting for the chemical examiner’s report to ascertain the possible cause of death to initiate furtherlegalproceedings.