Man accused of killing wife, daughters

Ghazala was married to Sadiq, but did not live with him for his criminal past

RAWALPINDI:

Wah Cantt police have booked a man for killing his wife and two daughters. The suspect is an absconder in another murder case.

Sadiq Shah is accused of killing his wife Ghazala Nawab and two daughters aged 13 and seven. Nawab’s cousin, Usman Shah, told police that she was a teacher and lived with her daughters in a rented house in the Nawab Abad area of Wah Cantt.

She was married to Sadiq, but she did not live with him for his criminal past. However, Sadiq frequently visited Nawab. Usman said on the day he and Azhar Hussain Shah were visiting Nawab when they heard gunshots. Soon they saw Sadiq coming out with a gun in his hand and fled.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 10^th, 2020.