Man bludgeoned to death by wife in Islamabad: police

Officials say they have arrested her and searching for accomplice

ISLAMABAD: The capital police have managed to solve another mystery surrounding the body of a man they had found dumped near Golra Mor, last month.

In this regard, officials said on Friday that they had arrested the man’s wife who had allegedly stoned her husband to death with the help of another man.

Noon police, had found the mutilated remains of a man dumped in a sewer near Golra Mor on September 30. The man, who was between 55 and 60 years-old, bore injuries to his head and face.



Police were unable to visually identify him since his face was mutilated beyond recognition. However, officials registered a murdered case against unidentified persons  and launched an investigation.

A few days later, police were able to use his fingerprints to establish his identity as Muhammad Aslam, a father of five children with the youngest just a few weeks old. He used to work at the College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.

A homicide investigation team  of the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) scrutinised  Aslam’s mobile phone records while further investigations revealed that he had allegedly been killed by his wife Bushra, with the help of her paramour Mudassar Abbas.

Police officials said that Bushra first called Aslam out of their house where he was ambushed by her and Abbas, who used concrete blocks to bludgeon him to death.



Officials say they have arrested Bushra but they are searching for Abbas who is still at large.

This case was solved in around 10 days after the police managed to solve another mystery surrounding the body of a young woman found stuffed in a suitcase and dumped near a bus stand on IJ Principal Road.

The victim, 26-year-old Anam Saleem had been strangled to death by her husband, Usman, because he had ‘doubts about her character’ said police officials. After murdering his wife, Usman had fled to Saudi Arabia.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 15^th, 2016.