Man held for allegedly killing wife

Police say it seems impossible for a person to commit suicide by stabbing and hanging both at the same time

HYDERABAD:

Police on Friday arrested a man accused of killing his wife in the Qazi Abid area of Nawabshah, though he claims that she committed suicide.

A newly wedded woman was stabbed and strangulated to death allegedly by her husband and his accomplices at a village in Qazi Ahmed taluka of Nawabshah district on Thursday.

According to the police, the suspect Abid Juno has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife Gul Bibi Chandio on complaint of the woman's brothers. It seemed impossible for a person to commit suicide by stabbing and hanging both at the same time.

The victim's brothers told the police that the couple had married six months ago and that their sister was frequently subjected to beating by her husband. Juno, meanwhile, claimed that his wife committed suicide.

Separately, a 11 years old schoolboy was raped and murdered in Islamkot town of Tharparkar district. According to the police, Chaggan Bheel's body was found partially buried in sand in village Naon Tarr.

The police and the family began search of Bheel when he did not return home by night. And during the search they found the partly buried body. Chetan Bheel, father, said that his son had left to attend a wedding ceremony in their village and did not return. He added that his son left home before his family to attend that wedding. According to him, his family has enemies.

The police found footprints of two to three persons near the dead body. The police said that they are trying to trace the footprints with the help of sniffer dogs.

The doctor who conducted the postmortem told the local media that the boy was strangulated to death with a rope and that he was also apparently raped. The autopsy report will be provided to the police in two to three days.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 14^th, 2022.