An on-duty soldier of the Pakistan Navy allegedly shot himself after he seemingly killed his newly-wed wife early on Wednesday.
The 25-year-old Navy man, S*, shot himself while he was on duty at Quaid-e-Azam's mausoleum in district East, within the limits of Brigade police, while his 24-year-old wife, Z, was killed inside their house in Dalmia, within the jurisdiction of Aziz Bhatti police.
When S's family was informed about his death and they arrived at the hospital to collect the body, they told the police about a phone call they had received from S, in which he confessed to having killed his wife and told the family that he would kill himself also. The Brigade police alerted their counterparts at Aziz Bhatti police station who raided the couple's house in Dalmia and found the wife's body. Her vein was cut and she was suffocated to death.
S was serving as a Pakistan Navy soldier for the last seven years and was on duty at Quaid-e-Azam's mausoleum. His duty timings were scheduled to start at 2am on Wednesday but he reached the mazar at 11pm on Tuesday, Aziz Bhatti DSP Nasir Lodhi told The Express Tribune. "After reaching the mausoleum, he went asleep and woke up at 2am," he added, quoting S's colleagues and relatives. "When he started the duty, he confessed to his colleagues and his relatives," said DSP Lodhi.
"He told his colleagues: 'I have killed my wife at my house and now I am killing myself'," said Aziz Bhatti SHO Sarfaraz Alyana. According to the SHO, the relatives claimed they did not take S seriously when he called to tell them that he killed his wife. S and Z got married around six months ago.
Moreover, Brigade police SHO Ghulam Nabi Afridi said the navy personnel shot himself while on duty at the mausoleum. Using his official G-3 rifle, S placed the gun on his lap and shot at his neck. He admitted that the details so far show that S killed his wife and then committed suicide but they are looking into the case for any other possibility. The police have obtained fingerprints and cellphone records to verify the family's claim. The FIR of this case has yet to be registered.
Three men killed
Three other men were shot dead while bodies of a man and a woman were found on Wednesday.
Muhammad Iqbal, 36, was shot dead by armed motorcyclists at Shamsi Society within Al-Falah police remits. SHO Jahan Khan said the deceased was on his way to work at a teashop near the airport when he was shot. Abdul Razzak, 21, was killed during a clash inside a garments factory in Madina Colony, Baldia Town. SHO Amjad Kiyani said that two men involved in the murder have been arrested. They shot and killed the victim after an exchange of hot words.
In the Nayabad area of Lyari, 24-year-old Sheraz was shot dead. Kalri police said his body was moved to Civil hospital. The Korangi Industrial Area police found the body of a woman near Chamra Chowrangi but they have yet to identify her. Her body was moved to the Edhi morgue for identification. In Khokhrapar, a young man who has yet to be identified was found dead. The deceased was killed after being kidnapping, said the police. His body was also moved to the Edhi morgue.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 7th,2014.
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Here is another sad aspect of the incident. We Need to consider People whose nature of work is like the deceased man. He use to spend most part of his day Standing alone talking to None reflecting upon his life and coming upto conclusion which might not be the fact. Perhaps that is the main reason for the sad incident, he must have got himself into kindof implicit Depression while thiking about his realtionship with his wife. Can be many reasons for such Event. I believe it is high time that we should realize the importance of personal realtionship
@Abid P. Khan
That is an event based hypothesis. Ofcourse, we cannot rule out other speculations but the events do reflect the hand of ADHD.
Events of inconsistent nature of decision making. His sleep shows that he wasn't much concerned about murdering his wife but somehow when he woke he realized things had gone wrong. Then he immediately confesses and takes his own life. Its not randomized play but has a haphazard nature of events.
@Sara: "The growth rate ADHD is escalating in Pakistan due to certain social and economic pressures. ...."
You could be right about an increase in number of persons being diagnosed/suspected of "suffering" from ADHD that need medical care.
What on earth made you jump to the conclusion that the medical condition of navyman S was a case of ADHD?
The growth rate ADHD is escalating in Pakistan due to certain social and economic pressures. I believe its a good time that doctors and psychologists should start campaigns about ADHD at schools, colleges and universities. They should encourage the people to come forward and inform doctors about their medical condition. I hope ADHD would be dealt with wisdom and tolerance in Pakistan.
How could he sleep after killing his wife, strange !
Sad! Wonder what happened. Lousy investigative reporting.