Murder she wrote: Wife kills man over second marriage
A woman allegedly killed her husband with the help of her son over the man’s second marriage
CHARSADDA:
A woman allegedly killed her husband with the help of her son over the man’s second marriage and then buried the body in a room inside their house in Dang Qala area of Charsadda. An official of Mandani police on Monday said Fatima axed her husband Ihsanullah to death with the help of her son Saeedullah. He added Fatima was reportedly angry with Ihsanullah for marrying another woman, Kulsoom, without the former’s consent. As a result, Fatima came up with the plot to kill Ihsanullah with the help of Saeed. The police official said they have registered an FIR against the accused woman and her son on the complaint of the deceased’s brother Mir Alam. Fatima, Kulsoom and Saeed were later arrested and during investigation, Fatima and Saeed confessed to the crime and led the police to the place where they had buried Ihsanullah’s body. The body was subsequently exhumed and shifted to a hospital for an autopsy.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 26th, 2014.
A woman allegedly killed her husband with the help of her son over the man’s second marriage and then buried the body in a room inside their house in Dang Qala area of Charsadda. An official of Mandani police on Monday said Fatima axed her husband Ihsanullah to death with the help of her son Saeedullah. He added Fatima was reportedly angry with Ihsanullah for marrying another woman, Kulsoom, without the former’s consent. As a result, Fatima came up with the plot to kill Ihsanullah with the help of Saeed. The police official said they have registered an FIR against the accused woman and her son on the complaint of the deceased’s brother Mir Alam. Fatima, Kulsoom and Saeed were later arrested and during investigation, Fatima and Saeed confessed to the crime and led the police to the place where they had buried Ihsanullah’s body. The body was subsequently exhumed and shifted to a hospital for an autopsy.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 26th, 2014.