Murder most foul: Bodies of two men found in Pindi, four injured in capital

Woman arrested on charges of killing husband.

RAWALPINDI:

Woman allegedly kills husband and another man found dead at his friend’s house in Rawalpindi, police said. Separately, three persons were injured in Islamabad on Monday.

In the first incident, the Rawalpindi police found body of a missing man from a ditch after 24 days. The man, identified as Mushtaq Ahmed, belonged to Lakhu village had gone missing on August 14.

The Naseerabad police station SHO Chaudhry Jameel told The Express Tribune that Mushtaq’s family searched for him but in vein. His brother lodged a complaint with the police expressing his suspicion that his sister-in-law, Shaista Bibi* might have been involved in the disappearance of his brother.

The police arrested the woman, Shaista Bibi* and quizzed her. During preliminary interrogation, the woman confessed that she had allegedly killed her husband by hitting him in the head with an axe and threw his body in a ditch.

The SHO said on the information of the woman, the police recovered the body of the victim as well as the axe used in the crime.

Further investigation is underway to ascertain the motive of the crime, SHO Jamil said.

The body has been shifted to the District Headquarter Hospital (DHQ).

Separately body of a young man was found dead at his friend’s house in Sadiqabad locality of Rawalpindi on Monday.  According to the police, Usman, a resident of Farooq-e-Azam Road, had been shot in the head.

The victim’s father told the police that Usman had allegedly been killed by his friend, Ibadat Ali. He said Ali called Usman to his house at Haroon Chowk on Sunday night.

However, Ali’s family told the police that Usman had committed suicide by shooting himself at their house.

The police are investigating the case to ascertain the motive. The body was taken to District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital and later, it handed over to the family for burial.

The Islamabad police claimed to have arrested two injured suspects after a shootout late Sunday night.

A police team was on the patrol near Sabzi Mandi (fruit and vegetable market) when three armed men opened fire on it. The police returned fire injuring two of the shooters. Their third accomplice fled from the scene, a police official told a private channel.

According to sources, the suspects were taken to a hospital. They will be charged with armed assault on police, possession of unlicenced firearms, the police sources said.

“Police are investigation the motive behind the attack as cop-killing is on the rise and this attack may not be linked to other similar assaults”, another official said.

Meanwhile, a man was shot injured in Tarnol area of the capital city on Sunday. Rukhsana Afzal lodged a complaint with the Tarnol police that Imran along with his accomplices intercepted her husband, Muhammad Afzal, in Gulshan Colony, and shot at him. He sustained bullet injuries and taken to a hospital.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 9^th, 2014.