Crime: Man ‘confesses to killing sister’

FAISALABAD: A man in Tandlianwala has confessed to killing his sister and burying her at his home seven months ago. The corpse of Rukhsana Bibi was dug out from the courtyard at the house in in Chak 426-GB on Wednesday night on the suspect Muhammad Imran’s indication. City Tandlianwala police said Imran had confessed to the killing during questioning after he was arrested on a complaint received by his brother-in-law. The FIR stated that the deceased girl had been missing for seven months and accused her family of having killed her. Police said the suspect would be produced before a judicial magistrate on Friday (today).

Published in The Express Tribune, August 10^th, 2012.