Man guns down wife in broad daylight

Accused kills woman for visiting market without his consent

CHAK JHUMRA:

A woman was allegedly gunned down by her husband in a market in Chak Jhumra on Saturday. The police turned over the victim’s body to her heirs after completion of a post-mortem examination and registered a case.

The suspect was motivated to shoot his wife because she went to the market without his consent. Miraculously, the victim’s seven-month-old daughter, who was present, survived the incident.

A case was registered on the complaint of the victim’s father Yousuf Masih, a resident of Mohalla Rasool Park.

He reported to the police that his daughter, Saima, married Asif Masih twelve years ago.

The couple had two sons and two daughters. Around one month ago, Asif and Saima quarreled over her use of a mobile phone that he gave her.

Saima and her seven-month-old daughter Satish went shopping at Jalo market on Saturday afternoon, where Asif arrived at the same time and confronted his wife, demanding to know why she had come shopping without his permission and attempting to snatch the infant girl.

The accused then drew a 30-bore pistol and allegedly shot Saima twice.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 9^th, 2023.