Sister act: Two women commit suicide after argument
Women had been fighting over finances and the sister’s had accused their brother’s wife of spending too much money
GUJRANWALA:
Two sisters allegedly committed suicide after quarrelling with their sister-in-law on Saturday evening.
According to police officials, Mohalla Chah Habib resident Ghulam Abbas’s two daughters killed themselves after a domestic quarrel.
First-year student Anam and third-year student Lishba had a quarrel with their sister-in-law a few days back.
Neighbours told police officials that the women had been fighting over finances and that the sister’s had accused their brother’s wife of spending too much money. After the quarrel Lishba and Anam went to their room and shot themselves with their father’s gun.
According to Baghbanpura police, the girls’ brothers Nauman, Zeeshan and Zaman were not present when the incident took place. “Neighbours called us and said that they had heard gun shots and we arrived at the scene to find one woman, the girls’ sister-in-law crying in a corner while both women were dead. SHO Imran Abbas said they had sent the bodies for an autopsy.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 20th, 2011.
Two sisters allegedly committed suicide after quarrelling with their sister-in-law on Saturday evening.
According to police officials, Mohalla Chah Habib resident Ghulam Abbas’s two daughters killed themselves after a domestic quarrel.
First-year student Anam and third-year student Lishba had a quarrel with their sister-in-law a few days back.
Neighbours told police officials that the women had been fighting over finances and that the sister’s had accused their brother’s wife of spending too much money. After the quarrel Lishba and Anam went to their room and shot themselves with their father’s gun.
According to Baghbanpura police, the girls’ brothers Nauman, Zeeshan and Zaman were not present when the incident took place. “Neighbours called us and said that they had heard gun shots and we arrived at the scene to find one woman, the girls’ sister-in-law crying in a corner while both women were dead. SHO Imran Abbas said they had sent the bodies for an autopsy.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 20th, 2011.