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West Van murder investigators release woman arrested in case

A WEST Vancouver woman
who was arrested Tuesday in
connectign with the Naazish
Khan murder investigation was
released without charge
Wednesday.

By Kate Zimmerman
Contributing Writer

“At the time of the arrest, the
detective felt there was sufficient
evidence for a charge to be faid,”
said a spokesman for the West
Vancouver Police. Later, he said,

the Cros: decided it required more
information. The woman, the wife
of the man facing a second-degree
murder charge in connection with
the death, is still under investiga-
tion.

West Vancouver Police arrested
45-year-old Rashida (Khan as she
approached the Douglas border
crossing to the United States with
several companions Tuesday
evening. She had been under sur-

-veillunce for some tine.

‘The body of Naazish Khun was
discovered in the irunk of a Toyota
Camry in Coquitlam on Dec. II.
Police determined thut she had been

asphyxiated and charged her father-
in-law, Abdur Rashid Khan, with
second- degree murder.

Naazish, 23, married Khan’
year-old son Faisal in India earlier
inis year, without their families’
consent. She was a Hindu, Faisal is
a Mustim.

The young couple had been liv-
ing in -Abdur Khan's British
Properties home since arriving in
Canada four months ago.

Since the murder, Faisal has

moved out, Naazish had given birth
to a daughter two months before her
death; the baby, Aliya, is now with
the ministry of social services,

A trust fund hus been set up by
social worker Raj Dial and her
friend Pushba Rabs in the-name of
Aliya Khan at Canada Trust loca-
tions, The account number is
590202.

Abdur Rashid Khan is scheduled
to uppear in provincial court in
West Vancouver on Jan. 4.

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