Bitter end: Woman accused of poisoning husband

BAHAWALPUR: Police on Wednesday registered a case against a woman for poisoning her husband in Rahim Yar Khan. Rab Nawaz, the victim’s father, told police that his daughter-in-law had illicit relations with another man. He said his son Mumtaz had warned the accused many times to end the relationship. However, she had refused to do so. Nawaz said Mumtaz’s wife mixed poison in his food on Tuesday night. He was taken to hospital, where he died. Police registered a case against the woman and her accomplice.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 17^th, 2014.