LAHORE: A man allegedly strangled his wife for ‘honour’ in Gujjarpura early on Monday.

Police claimed Abubakar of Karol Ghatti exchanged harsh words with his wife late on Sunday over suspicion she had a relationship with a neighbour. He later strangled her with a rope.

On Monday morning, Abubakar bundled his wife’s body into an auto rickshaw and planned to throw it into the BRB Canal with the connivance of a friend.

As soon as the men reached near a police checkpost at Manawan they got terrified and fled from the scene leaving the rickshaw behind.

Police claimed they shifted the body to morgue for autopsy and arrested both Abubakar and his friend a few hours later.

A murder case was registered against them.

Published in Dawn September 13th, 2016