Exchange marriages: Woman burnt with acid dies
She had been under pressure to persuade her parents to marry her brother to her sister-in-law.
Woman's brotherin-law, the prime suspect, was arrested shortly after her death. Her husband, mother-in-law are also in police custody , says Police. PHOTO: FILE
MULTAN:
A woman, attacked with acid by her in-laws on Tuesday, succumbed to her injuries at a hospital on Wednesday.
Her brother-in-law, the prime suspect, was arrested shortly after her death. Her husband and mother-in-law have been in police custody since the incident.
A case was registered against the woman’s brother-in-law, Din Muhammad, on the complaint of her parents.
Police quoted the complainants as saying that Shamim Bibi, 20, a resident of Jalalpur Pirwala, married Muhammad Yar, 23, in 2012. They said at the time of their marriage, her parents had promised to get their son married to Muhammad Yar’s sister. However, after a few months, they back out of the commitment saying they were not happy with the way their daughter was treated.
They said Muhammad Yar’s parents had started pressing her to convince her parents for the marriage.
They said Shamim Bibi’s mother-in-law and her brother-in-law had beaten her several times due to which she returned to her parents’ house.
On Tuesday, police said, Din Muhammad and his mother visited her parents’ house to take her back.
There, they said, an argument started between the two families after Shamim Bibi’s parents complained about the way their daughter was treated at her in-laws’ house and refused to let her go.
Din Muhammad and his mother had left at that time, but he retuned an hour later with a plastic jar in his hands. He asked for Shamin Bibi and threw acid at her as soon as she stepped out to talk to him.
She was rushed to Nishtar Hospital, where she remained in intensive care before she passed away on Wednesday. Doctors treating her had said she had lost her vision and had 80 per cent burns.
Shamim Bibi’s husband and mother-in-law were arrested shortly after the incident. Din Muhammad was missing, police said.
City Police Office Ghulam Muhammad Dogar had ordered the police to arrest Din Muhammad in 24 hour. Police said he was arrested while trying to escape towards Sindh. The CPO said a murder charge had been added to the FIR registered on Tuesday.
The body was handed over to the parents after a post-mortem examination.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 27th, 2013.
A woman, attacked with acid by her in-laws on Tuesday, succumbed to her injuries at a hospital on Wednesday.
Her brother-in-law, the prime suspect, was arrested shortly after her death. Her husband and mother-in-law have been in police custody since the incident.
A case was registered against the woman’s brother-in-law, Din Muhammad, on the complaint of her parents.
Police quoted the complainants as saying that Shamim Bibi, 20, a resident of Jalalpur Pirwala, married Muhammad Yar, 23, in 2012. They said at the time of their marriage, her parents had promised to get their son married to Muhammad Yar’s sister. However, after a few months, they back out of the commitment saying they were not happy with the way their daughter was treated.
They said Muhammad Yar’s parents had started pressing her to convince her parents for the marriage.
They said Shamim Bibi’s mother-in-law and her brother-in-law had beaten her several times due to which she returned to her parents’ house.
On Tuesday, police said, Din Muhammad and his mother visited her parents’ house to take her back.
There, they said, an argument started between the two families after Shamim Bibi’s parents complained about the way their daughter was treated at her in-laws’ house and refused to let her go.
Din Muhammad and his mother had left at that time, but he retuned an hour later with a plastic jar in his hands. He asked for Shamin Bibi and threw acid at her as soon as she stepped out to talk to him.
She was rushed to Nishtar Hospital, where she remained in intensive care before she passed away on Wednesday. Doctors treating her had said she had lost her vision and had 80 per cent burns.
Shamim Bibi’s husband and mother-in-law were arrested shortly after the incident. Din Muhammad was missing, police said.
City Police Office Ghulam Muhammad Dogar had ordered the police to arrest Din Muhammad in 24 hour. Police said he was arrested while trying to escape towards Sindh. The CPO said a murder charge had been added to the FIR registered on Tuesday.
The body was handed over to the parents after a post-mortem examination.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 27th, 2013.