‘Honour’ crimes: Couple slain six years after they eloped
Woman’s brothers tracked them down and killed their 30-month-old child as well.
QUETTA:
Three brothers murdered their sister, the man she was married to and the couple’s 30-month-old child in the provincial capital, a police official said on Sunday.
The couple, identified Ulfat Bibi and her spouse Noor Muhammad, eloped and married of their own free will six years earlier. Since then, they had gone into hiding.
Head constable at the police control room in Quetta, Abdul Hameed Mengal, told The Express Tribune that the couple belonged to the Haji Shehr area of Bolan district. He said the woman’s brothers discovered where the couple was living after they eloped. The couple was living in within the remit of Zarghoonabad police station.
“The names of the brothers of the murdered woman are Hidyatullah, Nasrullah and Shakarullah. They managed to escape after the cold-blooded murders,” added Mengal. “The man killed was identified as Noor Muhammad, son of Chita Khan, while the woman was identified as Ulfat Bibi,” he said, adding that this was an honour killing.
SHO Almas police station Aashiq Khattak spotted the bodies and shifted them to the Civil Hospital Quetta where they were handed over to their relatives after medico-legal formalities.
Police have registered a case and are conducting further investigations
Published in The Express Tribune, June 23rd, 2014.
Three brothers murdered their sister, the man she was married to and the couple’s 30-month-old child in the provincial capital, a police official said on Sunday.
The couple, identified Ulfat Bibi and her spouse Noor Muhammad, eloped and married of their own free will six years earlier. Since then, they had gone into hiding.
Head constable at the police control room in Quetta, Abdul Hameed Mengal, told The Express Tribune that the couple belonged to the Haji Shehr area of Bolan district. He said the woman’s brothers discovered where the couple was living after they eloped. The couple was living in within the remit of Zarghoonabad police station.
“The names of the brothers of the murdered woman are Hidyatullah, Nasrullah and Shakarullah. They managed to escape after the cold-blooded murders,” added Mengal. “The man killed was identified as Noor Muhammad, son of Chita Khan, while the woman was identified as Ulfat Bibi,” he said, adding that this was an honour killing.
SHO Almas police station Aashiq Khattak spotted the bodies and shifted them to the Civil Hospital Quetta where they were handed over to their relatives after medico-legal formalities.
Police have registered a case and are conducting further investigations
Published in The Express Tribune, June 23rd, 2014.