By News Desk

The police in Pakistan, who are currently searching for a British man, his wife and brother, after the body of his 10-year-old daughter was discovered in Surrey, have found his five other children.

The children were recovered from suspect Urfan Sharif’s father’s home in the northern city of Jhelum. They travelled to the country along with the three suspects only a day before the young girl’s body was found.

The man left with Sara’s stepmother, Beinash Batool, 29, his brother Faisal Malik, 28, and his five children aged between one and 13.

Sara’s grandfather Muhammad Sharif’s home was raided by dozens of Pakistani police officers on Monday as they suspected that Urfan and Beinash were hiding there.

Nasir Mehmood Bajwa, a district police officer, said: “Police with a heavy contingent on Monday evening raided Sharif’s residence in Jhelum and recovered five children. They are healthy and in good condition.”

Urfan, 41, fled the country about a month ago and called the emergency services in the UK to report his daughter’s death at his home in Woking. A postmortem examination was conducted, which found that she had suffered from “multiple and extensive injuries” over a “sustained and extended” period of time.

Bajwa stated that the police forcibly opened the main gate, gained entry into the house, and seized CCTV cameras. He also mentioned that the search for Urfan, Beinash, and Faisal was ongoing, with Pakistani law enforcement conducting raids on over 20 properties.

The lawyer representing the Sharif family, Raja Haq Nawaz, said that he was unaware of the presence of the children at their grandfather’s residence.

The BBC reported that a neighbour said: “Police officers, including female officers, raided the house. They broke the CCTV at the entrance and entered it. While inside, more officers arrived outside and stopped the traffic. They stopped everyone from filming on their mobile phones.”

Muhammad Sharif admitted to the BBC that he had been hiding the children at his home but refused to tell how long they had been living there for.

“Since they came from the UK, I didn’t let them go,” he told the BBC.

“I told Urfan and Beinash that they can go wherever they want to, but I will not let the children go with you. Until today, no one had asked me about the children.

“They kept asking me about Urfan, Faisal and Beinash, no one asked me about the children.”

Previously, he had denied knowing the whereabouts of his son and the family.

The couple appeared in a poor quality video sent to the BBC by their relatives last week for the first time after they fled. Beinash was the only one who spoke and said that “Sara’s death was an incident”. She did not speak of her step daughter after that and gave no further details about the circumstances of her death.

She went on to say: “Our family in Pakistan are severely affected by all that is going on. My main concern is that Pakistani police will torture or kill us, that is why we have gone into hiding.”

Negotiations over the trio’s safe transfer to the UK authorities are taking place, according to Muhammad.

A spokesperson for Surrey police said: “We are aware of the media reporting today (11 September), with the update that the five children have been found by Pakistani police.

“Clearly this is significant, and we have been liaising with Surrey county council and our international partners, including Interpol, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the National Crime Agency, to determine the next steps.”

The force added that the welfare of the five innocent children is the priority.