Sara Sharif's
grandfather has told the BBC that five children who travelled from the UK to
Pakistan with Sara's father have all been taken from his house, where they had
been hiding.
Neighbours said that dozens
of police raided the property on Monday.
The 10-year-old was found
dead at her family home in Woking on 10 August - her father and his partner had
fled the UK the day before.
Post-mortem tests
found Sara sustained "multiple and extensive injuries".
Muhammad Sharif,
Sara's grandfather, said he had been hiding the children in his home in the
north-eastern city of Jhelum, but would not say how long they had been there.
Just before 16:30
local time (11:30 GMT) on Monday, the BBC was told by neighbours that police
had arrived to raid the property.
Eyewitnesses told the
BBC that dozens of officers gathered outside the property, stopped traffic and
prevented anyone from filming on their phones.
Mr Sharif said that
all five children were then taken away by police.
He accused the
officers of breaking the CCTV cameras and the gates of his home. He had
previously repeatedly denied being in touch with his son or knowing where the
family was.
The police have
confirmed that they have the children. Sara's father, stepmother and uncle
Faisal Malik were not with them.
A neighbour told the
BBC "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."
On Friday, Muhammad
Sharif told the BBC he had sent a message to his son Urfan Sharif to surrender
himself to police "two to three days ago".
He and his family have
accused the police of harassing them, illegally detaining some members and
raiding their homes. Muhammad Sharif has also accused the police of creating
fake cases against them to add further pressure.
The police have denied
this.
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