Man kills sister, relative for ‘honour’

Muzammil shot dead his sister Amina Bibi and relative Hashim Khan after he saw them in “objectionable condition”.

FAISALABAD:

A man killed his sister and a relative on Sunday night for allegedly having an affair.

Lalianwala police said that Muzammil Ali, a resident of Islamabad, shot dead his sister Amina Bibi and relative Hashim Khan in his house after he saw them in an “objectionable condition”.

Akhtar Ali, a close relative of Muzammil Ali, claimed that Ali had earlier stopped Khan from visiting his house over the suspicion that he was having an affair with his sister.

“Two days ago, Ali went to Murree. When he returned home late on Sunday, he saw Khan at his house with his sister,” he said. Ali became furious and shot both of them dead, he said.

However, Khan’s brother Asim told police that his brother did not have a romantic relationship with Amina. He said Ali had had dispute with Khan over money and had invited Khan to his house on Sunday night to settle the matter. Asim said that Ali had murdered his brother with help from four of his friends and later killed his sister as a cover for the crime. Police arrived at the scene and took the bodies in custody. The Lalianwala SHO told The Express Tribune that they had registered a case and were investigating. “A case has been registered against five people on Khan’s brother’s complaint. We are conducting raids to look for the suspects,” the SHO said.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 24^th, 2014.