Mohammad Ajmal Choudhry, Conspiracy to Commit Honor Killings, New York 2023
Brooklyn Man Convicted of Conspiring to Commit Honor Killings in Pakistan
A federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, has returned a guilty verdict against Mohammad Ajmal Choudhry for conspiring to commit murder in a foreign country, transmitting threats via interstate communications, and immigration fraud.
The verdict was announced by Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, James T. Hayes, Jr., Special Agent-in-Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), New York, and David Schnorbus, Special Agent-in-Charge, New York Field Office, U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service.
The evidence at trial established that Choudhry’s daughter, Amina Ajmal, was held against her will in Pakistan for more than three years by relatives at his direction. During that time, Ajmal was forced into an arranged marriage with a Pakistani national. Ajmal eventually escaped Pakistan and returned to the United States with the assistance of a Pakistani man and U.S. State Department officials.
During subsequent recorded telephone calls between Ajmal and Choudhry, the defendant threatened to orchestrate the murder of the man who helped Ajmal flee if Ajmal did not return immediately to the family home in Brooklyn. On February 25, 2013, after Ajmal refused to return home, the father and sister of the man who helped Ajmal flee were shot and killed in Pakistan.
The defendant faces up to life imprisonment at sentencing. Assistant United States Attorneys Amanda Hector, Richard M. Tucker, and Margaret E. Gandy are prosecuting the case.
Choudhry was born in 1962, making him 61 years old at the time of the verdict. The case is being prosecuted in the Eastern District of New York, with docket number 13 CR 150 (WFK).
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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