For ‘honour’: Man kills wife, stepbrother
The official said the accused, after finding out about the alleged affair, killed his wife in his own house.
SHANGLA:
A man reportedly gunned down his wife and stepbrother over their alleged affair in Kohistan district on Saturday afternoon. A police official said Zardad Khan, a resident of Baterha, filed a case stating his son Sarzamin killed his stepson Parvaiz Khan and daughter-in-law Bakht Mina, suspecting them to be in an illicit relationship. The official said the accused, after finding out about the alleged affair, killed his wife in his own house and then killed his brother in their father’s house, managing to escape afterwards. Police said they have registered a case and are investigating the matter.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 12th, 2014.
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