Double Murder: Man arrested for beauty salon killings
A man has been arrested for the murders of his wife and her niece in Barkat Market.
LAHORE:
A man has been arrested for the murders of his wife and her niece in a beauty salon at Barkat Market, police said on Monday. Khadija, 35, and Ambreen, 17, were found lying in pools of blood with their throats slit in the beauty parlor at around 4:30pm on Sunday.
Garden Town police arrested Khadija’s husband Nazim after registering a first information report (FIR) on the complaint of Nazir, his brother-in-law, said Station House Officer (SHO) Inspector Ahsan Hashmi. He said the FIR had been registered under Sections 302 and 304 of the Pakistan Penal Code. He said that Ambreen’s family also believed that Nazim was behind the killings, though they had not given the police a written application to this effect. He said the police were investigating other aspects of the case as well. He said Nazim would soon be produced before a court.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 17th, 2011.
A man has been arrested for the murders of his wife and her niece in a beauty salon at Barkat Market, police said on Monday. Khadija, 35, and Ambreen, 17, were found lying in pools of blood with their throats slit in the beauty parlor at around 4:30pm on Sunday.
Garden Town police arrested Khadija’s husband Nazim after registering a first information report (FIR) on the complaint of Nazir, his brother-in-law, said Station House Officer (SHO) Inspector Ahsan Hashmi. He said the FIR had been registered under Sections 302 and 304 of the Pakistan Penal Code. He said that Ambreen’s family also believed that Nazim was behind the killings, though they had not given the police a written application to this effect. He said the police were investigating other aspects of the case as well. He said Nazim would soon be produced before a court.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 17th, 2011.