Woman strangles husband to marry friend

Victim’s brother suspected foul play after seeing blood coming from nose

MUZAFFARGARH: A woman allegedly strangled her husband to death to marry his friend in Kot Addu Tehsil, Express News has reported.

An official of Chowk Sarwar Shaheed police station said that Waris, a resident of Chak No 568-TD, was a labourer by profession. He added ten years ago, he married Kishwar Bano.

He maintained that Waris had friendship with a contractor identified as Majeed, who used to visit his home. The official revealed that during the course of these visits, Majeed had an affair with his wife Kishwar and developed ‘illicit’relations with her.

He said that both Kishwar and Majeed wanted to marry each other therefore they decided to murder Waris.

The police official highlighted that on the day of the incident, the victim was present in his home when accused Majeed and Kishwar mixed poison in a drink and gave it to him. When Waris consumed the drink, his condition deteriorated and he fell unconscious, he said.

Later, the accused strangled the man to death. The official pointed out that soon after the murder, the suspects informed the victim’s relatives about his death, citing natural causes.

He said when the deceased’s brother Ramzan came to attend his funeral he witnessed blood oozing from his nose and mouth. This raised suspicion and Ramzan informed the police about the matter. Later, medical examination of the body confirmed that the victim was strangled to death.

The police have registered a case no 49/19 against the accused under sections 302 and 34 and constituted a team to arrest them.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 16^th, 2019.