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Murder: Afghan girl killed over marriage refusal

Police said the family of Rasool Khan asked for the hand of Sunbal Bibi for one of their boys.


Our Correspondent December 15, 2013 Less than a minute read

PESHAWAR: A 19-year-old Afghan girl was allegedly killed over a marriage dispute in Sufaid Dheri, within the limits of Pishtakhara police station, on Saturday. Police said the family of Rasool Khan asked for the hand of Sunbal Bibi for one of their boys, but upon her family’s refusal Rasool Khan reportedly entered the house of Sunbal Bibi and brutally killed her. “We have registered an FIR of the case and sent the body for autopsy,” said a police official.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 15th, 2013.

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