Crimes of passion: Factory owner arrested for killing worker

CPO says some 30 people questioned in the case

CPO says some 30 people questioned in the case. STOCK IMAGE

FAISALABAD:


Madina Town police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a factory owner for killing a worker.



Talking to The Express Tribune, here on Wednesday, CPO Sohail Habib Tajik said Abid Hussain Ansari, a resident of Mohallah Yousufabad, had been shot dead on April 26.


“The complainant told police that his brother had gone to Dhuddiwalam, rented a shop and had taken Rs10,000 for an advance payment,” the CPO said. “When he did not return, the family had sent out a search party to look for him. His body was found in a field near Dhuddiwala.”


The CPO said some 30 people were questioned in the case.


He said when Kashif Shehzad, owner of a silk factory where Hussain worked, was interrogated, he confessed to killing him.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 7th, 2015.
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