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Women march during a rally on violence against women in Lahore on November 29, 2010. — Photo by AFP/File

MANSEHRA, Oct 19: Another woman has fallen prey to the honour killing in Kohistan as a man shot dead his wife allegedly over suspicious character in Puttan area on the night between Thursday and Friday.

The uncle of the victim, while lodging the FIR with the police, stated that the assailant fled the scene after killing his wife. Police sources said that the incident was apparently the outcome of the woman having illicit relation, but facts would come out once the investigation was completed.

The Puttan police after lodging the FIR were raiding different places to apprehend the assailant.

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