MUSLIM-STYLE DIVORCE IN LONDON: MUSLIM MODEL DIES IN "PLUNGE" FROM SOON-TO-BE EX-HUSBAND'S APARTMENT

DAILY MAIL: Vigil of tears for death-plunge Muslim model beauty

Sahar Daftary should have been celebrating her 24th birthday.

But instead of sharing the model's happiness, her family spent Christmas Day keeping a vigil at the spot where she plunged to her death.

More than two dozen relatives travelled from their homes in London to the block of flats in Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, where they laid flowers and cards and lit 24 candles, one for each year of her life.

Miss Daftary, who was crowned Miss Face of Asia last year, fell from the balcony of businessman Rashid Jamil's 12th-floor flat last Saturday.

Sahar's mother lays flowers at the spot where the model fell to her death

She had married 33-year-old Mr Jamil in a lavish Muslim ceremony 12 months ago but the relationship ended when she discovered he was already married with three children.

In fact the former restaurant owner had been married three times, and was still living with his third wife.

Miss Daftary's family, who are originally from Afghanistan, remain convinced she would not have taken her own life.

Her cousin, Aarozo Tach, 30, said: 'She would never have done that over this man. She was over him and was looking forward to the future.'

Miss Daftary, from Brentford, west London, went to Manchester to take part in a fashion show.

Friends say she agreed to go to Mr Jamil's apartment to finalise their divorce. Mr Jamil was arrested on suspicion of murder but was later freed on bail. Earlier, it was revealed Miss Daftary had lodged a complaint of sexual assault with police. A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said: 'Police received a report of sexual assault in May 2008. An investigation was launched but the victim refused to co-operate further.'

Sahar Daftary and Rashid Jamil on their 'wedding day' last year. She died after falling from his 12th floor luxury apartment. Her life fell apart after she discovered he had allegedly been married three times before

A close friend of Miss Daftary, who asked not to be named, said: 'Sahar went to the police about six months ago after she split with Rashid. She thought she was being followed and walked into a police station near the apartment in Salford Quays to lodge a complaint.

'He was very possessive of her and she said that he told her that he had people watching her.'

Miss Daftary had been in Mr Jamil's home city of Manchester for work but was persuaded to go to his flat after he offered her an Islamic divorce. Her sister Mariya Massumi, 34, said Miss Daftary had previously tried to get Mr Jamil to sign divorce papers but he had not agreed.

Ms Massumi said: 'On the way up to Manchester, Sahar was arguing with Rashid on the phone but then he acted nicely and promised to sign the divorce papers.'

The family, having released pictures of Miss Daftary's marriage to Mr Jamil at the Holiday Inn in Brentford last December, now claim the union was never registered.

... They have also insisted she would not have killed herself and had 'everything to live for'. But they also claimed her marriage had been a sham and her husband was a womaniser. Meanwhile his second wife, a lawyer by whom he has an 11-year-old daughter, said she had left the former curry house boss because of his drinking and womanising. It is also unclear whether Mr Jamil's third marriage was ever legally recognised under English law.

SHE WAS HOT.

THIS SMACKS OF ISLAMO-MISOGYNY TO ME.

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PERHAPS SHE SHOULD HAVE MURDERED HIM FIRST - LIKE THIS MUSLIM BRIDE IN LONDON.

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