Heartbroken mother of murdered Sara Sharif, 10, blasts 'lies' from girl's uncle that she 'fell down the stairs and broke her neck' as she demands answers from fugitive ex saying 'if there was an accident you don't leave the country in secret'

The devastated mother of murdered Sarah Sharif has blasted her 10-year-old's daughter's uncle over his 'lies' her daughter died after 'falling down the stairs and breaking her neck'.

Little Sara was discovered by police at her family home on August 10, and detectives confirmed that three family members were believed to have fled to Pakistan the day before she was found - with detectives launching a murder investigation. 

Her father, Urfan Sharif, 41, rushed to Islamabad with his partner Beinash Batool, 29, and his 28-year-old brother Faisal Mali, before they could be questioned by cops in the UK.

In a fresh revelation from Pakistan, Sara's uncle Imran Sharif told police his niece fell down the stairs during an 'accident' and died.  The sibling, who has not been charged or arrested, made the claim in a police interview after cops raided the Sharif family home in Jhelum – 84 miles south of Pakistan's capital Islamabad.

But today Sara's heartbroken mother Olga Sharif, 36, rubbished his 'baseless version' of events as she said: 'If there was an accident you don't leave the country in secret.'

'He could have just made that claim to protect his brother and try to stop questions being asked. I don't think he is being honest,' she told The Sun, as she claimed Urfan could have 'lied' to his sibling about what happened. 

'The only person I want answers from is Urfan. He has to be questioned about what's happened to my daughter,' she added.

The anguished mother said she needed to know why her little girl was left in that house 'whilst everyone flew out of the country after she was already dead'. 

Insisting she will 'never have closure' until she knows what happened to her daughter, Ms Sharif pleaded: 'Urfan has to do the right thing because he can't hide away forever.

'Eventually, someone will find him and he will be forced to answer all the questions about what has happened.'

Her comments came as Sara's heartbroken Polish uncle told MailOnline he was desperate for police to 'catch the scumbag that killed my niece',   

The grieving relative, who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisals, revealed how Sharif was a gambler and claimed he is prone to violence - with police often called to the family home in Woking, Surrey, when Sara lived with her real mum Olga.

He even claimed how former taxi driver Sharif – who is believed to be hiding in Pakistan - even chillingly once told Olga during a custody battle after they divorced over their two children to 'stop complaining or she would be found dead somewhere'.

He spoke as reports revealed police had 'historic contact' with the family of Sara Sharif that 'goes back some years'. 

Det Supt Chapman told the BBC: 'Surrey Police's contact with the family has been on a limited basis. It's been on a historic basis. And that goes back some time.'

He said police interaction with the schoolgirl's family 'goes back some years' but declined to expand on his comment. MailOnline has contacted Surrey Police for further comment. 

Speaking to MailOnline, the Polish uncle said: 'After Sara was born, they had some financial troubles and we couldn't visit them as often. We knew there was a conflict between Olga and Urfan although Olga was not very open about it. She didn't discuss their trouble with her family, maybe with her mother. They need to catch the scumbag that killed my niece.

'At the beginning Urfan was very charming but he was an actor, he deceived us all. Urfan was a gambler, he was addicted. He used to borrow money for gambling machines. His friends and cousins used to spend a lot of time in their home not allowing Olga to walk around the house unattended.

'His behaviour led to conflict and then physical and psychological violence. Police were called many times. There was an incident when Urfan locked Olga and the kids in a room with no food or water for many hours. Olga called us asking for help but Urfan heard the conversation, took the phone away and beat Olga. Living in Germany we called the UK police to Urfan and Olga's home.

'After having a fight with Olga he used to call our family to b**** about Olga, afterwards he would threaten to hurt her, take her kids away. Olga was financially dependent on him, he used to scare her saying she has no rights in the UK as she doesn't speak English that well.

'At some point he threatened her saying if she keeps getting on his nerves about the children some day she will be found dead somewhere.'

Police were called by Urfan at 2.50am after landing in Islamabad, where he travelled with five children, aged between one and 13. Sara was one of six siblings. 

Her uncle in Pakistan, Imran Sharif, has not been charged but is said to be assisting the hunt for his brother, Sara's father, after it was reported police in Pakistan are under 'tremendous pressure' from the British High Commission to find him.

Sky News reports that Imran Sharif claims Sara had an accident at home.

He allegedly told officers: 'Beinash was home with the children. Sara fell down the stairs and broke her neck. Beinash panicked and phoned Urfan.'

Surrey Police said a post-mortem revealed that Sara 'suffered multiple and extensive injuries', which they said were 'likely to have been caused over a sustained and extended period of time'.

Her exact cause of death remains unknown, and further tests are being carried out to establish this. 

Imran Sharif denied knowing where Urfan and his family were, Jhelum police said.

He reportedly told officers: 'I found out what happened to Sara through the international media. My parents told me Urfan briefly came home very upset. He kept saying 'they' are going to take his children away from him.'

Police said they have detained Mr Sharif's brother because they are 'convinced' that he knows where the family is hiding. 

It has also been claimed that Mr Sharif's parents along with other relatives, who live in a large house in the city of Jhelum in Pakistan's Punjab province, have also now gone into hiding.

Beinash Batool's family home in Mirpur has also been searched, but with no sign of the family. 

A police source said: 'We spoke to Imran and some of the family members last week and they insisted that they did not know where Urfan and his family are. 

'But we don't believe them, there's absolutely no way that they can't know where eight of their relatives who have come from England are. They are telling us a pack of lies.'

They added: 'We managed to get hold of Imran, but the rest of his family have gone missing. They clearly have something to hide. We have got hold of one of them and will be interrogating him until he tells us the truth.' 

Ms Sharif, who was married to Mr Sharif between 2009 to 2017, urged her ex-husband to 'come forward and explain himself.' 

Ms Sharif hopes to bury her child back in her native Poland.