Man kills stepson over family dispute

A man killed his stepson to avenge the alleged torture of his wife by her close relatives.

Police said on Thursday that Asiya Bibi, a resident of Southern Muradpur at Khairpur Sadaat, had married to Dhani Bakhsh Machi and the couple had three children.

The women had alleged illegitimate relationships with friend of her husband Pervaiz Machi. When the matter came into surface, Dhani Bakhsh divorced the lady and she tied the knot with her paramour. When she contracted new marriage, the close relatives of the woman, namely Javed and Tariq subjected her to torture at her home.

The frequent fights estranged the woman' husband and he conspired a plot to trap his wife's relatives for abusing her over bad character. Dhani Bakhsh took the minor Abdullah along with him to a deserted area and killed him by smashing his head to the ground.

After the killing, the suspect approached the police and lodged murder FIR against the two aforesaid persons. Police launched inquiry after recovering the body from the area pointed out by the complainant.

As the inquiry moved on, the police discovered the complainant was himself the killer of boy and arrested him.