The distraught dad and mom of a high-flying teenager who was allegedly murdered by her first ever boyfriend have revealed the promising future that lay forward for the 19-year-old earlier than her life was tragically reduce brief.
The stays of Aminah Hayat had been discovered contained in the unit she shared with associate Meraj Zafar in North Parramatta, in Sydney's west, on Sunday.
Abu Hayat, 41, and his spouse Mahafuzer Akter, 39, instructed Day by day Mail Australia they had been struggling to deal with the horrific method their daughter had died - allegedly immersed in a bath filled with hydrochloric acid.
The dad and mom have recounted their daughter's unbelievable success story, arriving from strife-torn Bangaldesh aged 9, studying fluent English and blitzing her HSC with a rating of greater than 97.
On the time of her dying, Arnima had been pursuing her dream of finding out drugs and had plans to turn out to be a surgeon and save lives.
The dad and mom of the Sydney teenager have revealed they won't be able to see their 'daughter's stunning face' earlier than laying her to relaxation in Bangladeshi funeral custom as a result of the one a part of {the teenager}'s physique not destroyed was one among her toes.
'I can not see the final second of my daughter's face due to what was carried out,' Mr Hayat mentioned.
Arnima's mom Mahafuza mentioned 'My stunning daughter ... my daughter, so fairly, I can not see my daughter's face.'
The useless woman's uncle Abu Saleh mentioned the household was 'ready to see my niece's physique (to get it again) from medical.'
Mr Saleh defined that in Bangladeshi custom, it's customary for the household to see the face of the deceased after she is wrapped in a material shroud and in a profound act of worship the face is proven and the 'dua' or prayer is claimed earlier than the individual's physique is positioned into the grave.
Police allege Meraj Zafar, 20, murdered Arnima both on Saturday, January 29 or the subsequent day.
Police responded to a triple-0 name round 4.30pm on Sunday to Pennant Hills Highway, North Parramatta and made the grisly discovery inside the bottom ground unit toilet of Arnima's stays in a hydrochloric acid within the tub.
Arnima's household mentioned they've been knowledgeable that it was Zafar's mom who referred to as emergency companies to the flat.
Simply two weeks in the past Arnima, a studious however fun-loving 'Aussie woman' who weekly took her dad and mom out for sushi and pies till she ceased contact with them six months in the past, rang relations within the US sounding upset.
'She instructed her uncle that he (Zafar) drank alcohol, however she didn't wish to as a result of she was finding out drugs,' Abu Hayat mentioned.
'She needed to be a surgeon and save lives.'
Arnima's dad and mom don't imagine latest reviews that their daughter had not too long ago married Meraj Zafar.
The traumatised couple, who moved to Australia in 2009 when Arnima was 9 years outdated, mentioned Zafar had been Arnima's first boyfriend and had satisfied her to distance herself from her household.
'And everybody, her girlfriends too she stopped seeing,' mentioned Mr Hayat who had an disagreeable confrontation with Zafar final 12 months after the 'massive man' started seeing his 'small, candy, very fairly' daughter.
Arnima, who scored greater than 97 within the HSC, went from being a traditional, sociable teenager who usually instructed her household how a lot she cherished them to being withdrawn.
Mahafuza mentioned her daughter 'cherished motion pictures, music, she appreciated driving and buying and shopping for fairly garments. She cherished make-up and she or he appreciated taking photographs and selfies and movies'.
Arnima had gone to major faculty in Marrickville, after which went to Tempe Excessive Faculty the place she excelled in maths and was standard amongst her friends.
Mr Hayat mentioned his daughter shortly assimilated into Australia life, after shifting to Sydney from Bangladesh and and have become 'very glorious' in talking English and needed to eat 'largely western meals'.
'She would say if I used to be going out 'Babu purchase some pies for me'. Babu is 'father' in our custom,' he mentioned.
After graduating from Tempe Excessive Faculty, Arnima was admitted to the college of medication on the College of Western Sydney.
Mr Hayat paid college charges for his daughter, who obtained a part-time job working at Kmart in Marrickville Metro buying centre as a salesman, two days per week.
Earlier than assembly Zafar, every week Arnima would take her dad and mom and her eight-year-old sister out to the outlets and they might eat and store collectively 'like a traditional household'.
'Each week earlier than she meet this man, we go outdoors and have meals and revel in being a household. She cherished KFC, iced espresso, ice-cream and Gong Cha tea,' he mentioned.
Ms Akter mentioned her daughter was 'just a little non secular', however didn't put on a hijab and solely wore a bright-coloured scarf or veil if she wore any head masking, as a result of that was the fashion that Bangladeshi girls adopted.
'She appreciated motion pictures, she cherished music, She was fluent in English, I'm not,' Ms Akter mentioned contained in the household's Lakemba house.
'She was an excellent woman. She was superb to her little sister. Her sister sees her on Tik Tok now and says 'I like you, I like you my sister'.'
The Hayat household determined to maneuver for a greater life in Australia after Bangladesh endured intervals of political and non secular unrest.
Mr Hayat got here first in 2006 and was adopted by his spouse bringing a younger Arnima, with their second daughter being born in Australia.
Arnima was 'loving and by no means any hassle', Mr Hayat mentioned, after which his daughter met Meraj Zafar, who can be Muslim, however his household is of Pakistani origin.
'I have no idea how they met,' Mr Hayat mentioned, however mentioned he had one face-to-face confrontation with Zaraf and one other on the telephone.
When he sought recommendation from the police he was instructed 'nothing will be carried out as a result of they're in love'.
He mentioned that his spouse's relations in New York had instructed them that Arnima had mentioned that 'generally this man is nice' however that she had skilled dangerous instances with him. Arnima's relationship with Meraj Zafar led her to stop contact fully together with her household final October, the identical time she moved into the North Parramatta condo with Zafar the place she died.
Mr Hayat mentioned his daughter 'additionally misplaced contact together with her buddies' and that he and his spouse had been unable even to take care of contact by telephone.
Since studying in regards to the unimaginable tragedy which had befallen Arnima, the Hayat household has been in a state of disbelief, anger and grief.
Armina's mom has spent the hours crying and praying of their Sydney house and ready till {the teenager}'s physique is launched to them by the NSW Coroner's Court docket for burial.
The household has been flooded with condolences from Bangladeshi relations all over the world, from Arnima's work and college buddies and a Tempe Excessive Faculty instructor had referred to as to say the college needs to be current to farewell her.
Abu and Mahafuzer mentioned Sydney's Bangladeshi neighborhood would collect in compelled to help them once they bury Arnima, however that that they had not household in Australia apart from themselves, their youthful daughter and Abu's brother.
'We wish her to be remembered as a form and delightful woman,' Mr Hayat mentioned.
'I hope we are going to get justice.'
Arnima's uncle Abu Saleh mentioned the native Bangladeshi neighborhood had been rocked by the dying of his niece.
Syed Zafar Hussain , the Editor-in-chief of Sada-e-Watan, Australia's main Pakistani newspaper, mentioned the allegations about Pakistani Australian Meraj Zafar - who was born in Lakemba however whose household got here from the Pakistani metropolis of Sialkot - had shocked his neighborhood.
'As a community leader, I can say that this tragedy does not reflect my community. No-one wants to believe this happened in the peaceful city of Sydney,' he mentioned.
Meraj Zafar died not apply for bail and bail was formally refused in Bankstown Native Court docket on Tuesday and he was remanded in custody to look through AVL in Parramatta Native Court docket on April 5.
