Murder: Woman killed ‘by husband’

Couple often fought over Shaukat’s relationships with other women.

BAHAWALPUR: Kot Samaba police have started looking for a man accused of killing his wife because she reprimanded him from keeping illicit relations with other women. The FIR registered in the matter stated that Kiran Sarfaraz was killed by her husband Shoukat Ali at their house in Lal Garh on Wednesday night. Israr Ahmed, a neighbor, told The Express Tribune that Shoukat and Kiran had been married for three years. He said the couple had had a strained relationship.  “They often fought over Shaukat’s relationships with other women. Most of these arguments ended in Kiran getting beaten up by him,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 13^th, 2012.