Matrimonial woes: Man kills wife for resisting second marriage

Police say man, following an argument with his wife in Badar Colony, hit her with an iron rod.

Police say man, following an argument with his wife in Badar Colony, hit her with an iron rod. PHOTO: FILE

LAHORE:


A man killed his wife in Badami Bagh on Thursday for not allowing him to marry another woman, police said.


They said the man, identified as Tanvir, following an argument with Shehnaz Begum in Badar Colony, hit her with an iron rod. Shehnaz, the mother of three, was taken to a hospital where she succumbed to her injuries, police said.


They said they had arrested Tanvir and sent the body for autopsy.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 2nd, 2014.

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