The grandfather of a 10-year-old girl found dead at home in Woking has urged his fugitive son to hand himself in.
The body of Sara Sharif was found at a property on Hammond Road after her father called police from Pakistan on 10 August.
Speaking to the Sunday Times, Muhammad Sharif urged his son Urfan, 41, his son’s partner, Beinash Batool, 29, and Urfan’s brother Faisal Malik, 28, to hand themselves in to police.
The trio are thought to have travelled to Islamabad on 9 August and are wanted for questioning. They travelled with five children aged between one and 13, police said.
Muhammad Sharif, 68, said his son had briefly visited the family home in the city of Jhelum, Punjab province, this month before he disappeared again.
Sharif said his son did not tell him about Sara’s death. “We want them to present themselves,” Sharif told the paper. “We want them to resolve the matter as the privacy of our house is affected due to frequent police raids.”
Surrey police are appealing for information to help them piece together a picture of how Sara lived before her death.
Police widened the timescale of their investigation after a postmortem showed the child had multiple and extensive injuries that were likely to have been caused over a sustained and extended period of time.
Sara’s mother, Olga Sharif, is being supported by specialist officers.
Renewing the appeal last week, DS Mark Chapman, of the Surrey police and Sussex police major crime team, said: “We would like to thank those people who have already come forward and reported information to us. However, we know that there will be lots of people in the Woking community and beyond who will have had contact with Sara who may not already have come forward, and we would encourage them to do so.
“Any information is better than no information – although you might think it’s insignificant, it might be vital to the investigation and in helping us to bring justice for Sara.”
Lawyers in the UK have said Pakistan’s government was unlikely to block an extradition request in connection to the child’s death.
There is no formal extradition treaty between the UK and Pakistan but people have been returned before.
