Man accused of killing wife denies charges

A man accused of killing his wife and giving it the colour of a suicide refused to accept charges framed against him even after completion of eight-day physical remand in police custody.

In this regard, the Airport police station SHO Jawad Shah told The Express Tribune that the suspect, Ali Salman, has rejected all allegations against him. Shah said that police interrogated Suleman for eight days but he kept claiming that he was innocent.

On Wednesday, Salman was presented in a local court after completion of his physical remand and the sessions judge sent him to Adiyala Jail on judicial remand, till the next hearing of the case.

SHO Shah said that they carried out the post-mortem of the victim and also collected evidence, however, the report has yet to come. The reports of autopsy and the forensic laboratory in Lahore would disclose the real cause of the victim’s death. He added that the police would carry out the investigation on merit.

The victim’s sister Mahwash had stated in her complaint that Salman called her from her sister's phone and said that he was "ruined" and that Sadaf had done something to herself.

The complainant, along with her husband and mother, rushed to the victim's home where they found the suspect standing at the main door while the rest of the doors were locked from inside.

She added that the suspect then led them to their room where they found Sadaf's body hanging from the ceiling fan by a bed sheet tied around her neck and a ladder lying on the ground.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 9^th, 2020.