Domestic Intervention: Man kills abusive brother-in-law

Saleem went to his in-laws’ house to bring his wife home but her brother quarrelled with him over beating his sister

FAISALABAD: A youth killed by his brother-in-law, was laid to rest in the limits of Khurarianwala police station on Friday morning. According to police officials, Muhammad Saleem was married with Shehzad’s sister. Saleem allegedly beat his wife and she left him to live with her parents in Chak No77RB. Saleem went to his in-laws’ house to bring his wife back home but her brother quarrelled with him over beating his sister. Shehzad and his accomplices Saleem, Shabbir and Lateef then opened fire on Saleem. After completing legal formalities, police handed over Saleem’s body to his relatives who buried him in the graveyard of his ancestral village on Friday afternoon.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 29^th, 2011.