Newly-wed couple found dead in AJK to be shifted to Karachi today

Couple identified as Taha and Dua Zehra who got married on February 8

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Representational image of police tape at an incident site. — Unsplash/File
Representational image of police tape at an incident site. — Unsplash/File

The bodies of newly-wed Karachi couple, who died from suffocation in Azad Jammu and Kashmir's (AJK) Athmuqam, will be shifted to Karachi today, the victims' families confirmed on Sunday.

The couple identified as Taha and Dua Zehra, with the former being a mechanical engineer and the latter being a BBA student, had departed for AJK from Karachi on February 11 following their wedding and valima on February 4 and February 8, respectively.

The development comes after the police, on Saturday, said that their bodies were found in a guest house in Neelum Valley.

As per the deceased's relatives, their last contact with Taha was made on 9pm on Friday.

The couple, they added, were scheduled to depart for Neelum Valley on Saturday morning.