Homicide: Defence resident killed by servant

LAHORE: Police said on Tuesday that a woman had been murdered by her servant in Defence area.  Officials said Hazoor Bakhsh, the suspect, had strangled Jehanara* while her children were away at work. Police said Iman Malik, one of her daughters, had found her murdered after she returned home.

Officials said she had told them that she had left her mother in the care of Bakhsh. Police said Malik had found the deceased hanging from a ceiling fan on reaching home and the servant was no where to be found.

Officials said an FIR had been registered against Baksh. Police said Malik had informed them that he had also taken away her mother’s mobile phones.  *Name changed to protect identity

Published in The Express Tribune, February 25^th, 2015.