CHISHTIAN:
In two separate incidents, a father murdered his daughter on her wedding day, while in a separate case, woman was killed by her husband and in-laws over allegations of bad character.
Police have registered cases and arrested one of the suspects, while raids are underway to apprehend the others.
The first incident took place in Chak 35 Fateh, where Muhammad Afzal stabbed his 18-year-old daughter, Sonia Bibi, with a knife just moments before her wedding ceremony.
Sonia was set to marry her cousin, Rehman. However, her father, unhappy with the marriage, attacked her in a fit of rage and fled the scene.
Sonia was rushed to Tehsil Hospital in Chishtian, but she succumbed to her injuries.
Saddar Police Station SHO Shafiq Ahmed confirmed that the police
arrested Muhammad
Afzal within hours of the crime.
A case under Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code has been registered against him on the complaint of the victim’s mother, Abida Bibi.
After completing the post-mortem, the police handed over the body to the family.
Wife murdered
In the second case, 30-year-old Farwa Bibi was allegedly killed by her husband, Muhammad Shahbaz Shah, and his family over suspicions about her character.
The victim’s father Niaz Ahmed said Farwa was frequently subjected to domestic abuse by her husband.
On the day of the murder, Syed Jaffar Shah, armed with a stick, entered her house and struck her on the head, causing her to collapse. He then strangled her to death with her dupatta.
Eyewitnesses Muhammad Islam and Syed Imdad Shah saw the attack, after which the accused fled the scene. The complainant alleged that the murder was carried out on the instructions of Farwa’s husband, Muhammad Shahbaz, due to ongoing domestic disputes.
Bakhsh Khan police registered a case against the suspects under Sections 302 and 109 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
