Saint and woman shot dead

TORGHAR:

A self-proclaimed saint and a married woman were gunned down in a remote village in Torghar district, police said on Wednesday. The husband of the woman is suspected of the double murder and has escaped from the village. According to the Judba police, Ruqiya Bibi, 27, was married three years ago to Shamsul Haq from the same village, but the couple had no children.

Some women from the area advised her to visit a local pir, Sultan Zar, 51, for spiritual treatment. Family sources said the woman started visiting the pir’s house regularly and this resulted in the two of them establishing relations. Bibi’s husband reportedly forbade her from visiting Sultan Zar’s home but she continued. On Tuesday afternoon, when Shams got back from the fields he found Bibi missing. When he reached the Pir’s house, he found her there and took her back home where she shot her dead.

He later proceeded to Sultan Zar’s house and killed him too before running from the village.



Police said the suspect was told that his wife was having illicit relations with the spiritual healer and this caused him to snap. Police have registered a criminal case against the suspect who is still at large.   

Published in The Express Tribune, December 3^rd, 2015.