A brother of deceased actor arrived in the city on Thursday to claim her body, according to the police.

South DIG Syed Asad Raza said that Naveed Asghar, the brother, arrived from Lahore on Thursday, met South SSP Mahazoor Ali and Gizri SHO Farooq Ahmed Sanjrani and told the police that he wanted to take his sister’s body back to Lahore for burial.

The police will hand over the remains of the body to the brother, the DIG said.

All samples for chemical analysis, DNA profiling and cross matching were sent to ICCBS at the University of Karachi, said Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed.

She said blood samples from Ali’s brother were also taken for DNA matching on Thursday as the body was beyond recognition. Dr Syed said they have written in the autopsy report, which was issued to the police on Thursday, that the body was around eight to 10 months old. “There were no injury marks on the remains,” she said.

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Earlier, the actor’s family particularly her father, refused to take the body for burial. Several actors also approached the police after this news broke, offering to take care of the burial.

On Thursday evening, Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori offered to assume full responsibility for the funeral and burial.

Regarding the investigation, the South police chief said they are waiting for the histopathological and chemical examination reports to ascertain the exact cause of death. He said that if any foul play is involved, the police will register an FIR and initiate legal proceedings.

Her body was recovered from a flat in Ittehad Commercial in Phase-VI. In a statement, the Gizri police identified the body as that of the 42-year-old actor and said she had died around two weeks prior to the discovery. Since then, the police have speculated that she may have died earlier than believed. The police now believe she died eight to 10 months ago.