Final goodbye: Man, woman ‘kill’ spouses
A woman allegedly poisoned her husband and a man clubbed his wife to death.
BAHAWALPUR:
A woman allegedly poisoned her husband and a man clubbed his wife to death on Saturday. Rukanpur police said Saifal Khan Jatoi, a labourer, ate dinner his wife had made for him on Saturday and fell ill. He was taken to Shaikh Zayed Hospital where he died. Siraaj Jatoi, brother of the deceased, said his brother’s wife Jameela Bibi had left the house when he got ill. He accused Bibi of poisoning his brother. Doctors at the hospital declined comment. In another incident, Allah Nawaz clubbed his 60-year-old wife Shamshad Bibi to death. He fled from the scene and hid in a shop. Local residents informed the Iqbalabad police who recovered the body and arrested Nawaz.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 2nd, 2014.
A woman allegedly poisoned her husband and a man clubbed his wife to death on Saturday. Rukanpur police said Saifal Khan Jatoi, a labourer, ate dinner his wife had made for him on Saturday and fell ill. He was taken to Shaikh Zayed Hospital where he died. Siraaj Jatoi, brother of the deceased, said his brother’s wife Jameela Bibi had left the house when he got ill. He accused Bibi of poisoning his brother. Doctors at the hospital declined comment. In another incident, Allah Nawaz clubbed his 60-year-old wife Shamshad Bibi to death. He fled from the scene and hid in a shop. Local residents informed the Iqbalabad police who recovered the body and arrested Nawaz.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 2nd, 2014.