Woman 'murders' husband to marry another man in Okara

Police say accused confessed to crime during interrogation

OKARA: A woman allegedly murdered her husband to marry another man in Okara on Friday.

Police told Express News that the accused woman had tied the knot with 30-year-old Siddiq Sheikh, a resident of Sher Garh, a few years ago.

However, after some time, she allegedly established relations with another man from the area. As the woman wanted to marry him, she decided to murder her husband.

On the day of the incident, Siddiq was sleeping in his room when Sughra Bibi and her alleged paramour Ghulam Rasul strangled him to death.

Meanwhile, Siddiq’s relatives had suspicion over his sudden death, and informed the police of the matter.



While police reached the spot and shifted the body to a local hospital for legal formalities, it later detained the victim’s wife for interrogation.

After interrogation, Bibi confessed to murdering her husband.

However, the woman’s accomplice is still at large and raids are being conducted to nab him.