A pregnant mother of two children has died at her home in mysterious circumstances.
The woman had married a local lawyer four years ago.
The husband claimed that she had committed suicide. However, police took the body to a hospital for autopsy. Shakila Bibi, 18-year-old daughter of a labourer and a resident of village 463EB, died during the night. The cause of death was said to be a gunshot wound to the head. Fateh Shah police shifted the body to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Burewala for postmortem.
The woman’s husband Muhammad Akhtar Khokhar advocate stated that she had committed suicide.
The woman’s father did not comment on the incident.
Her husband had married her four years ago after divorcing his first wife and they had two children. According to sources, she was pregnant at the time of her death. SHO Fateh Shah police station said the post-mortem report would help confirm whether it was an incident of suicide.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 27th, 2020.
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