ISLAMABAD: A woman has been arrested on the charge of killing her husband with the help of an accomplice, police said on Friday.

On September 30, the body of a man was found dumped near a road at Haji Camp. The police said the victim was stoned to death and his face was beyond recognition. However, nothing was found on the body that could help the police identify the deceased.

The police took fingerprints and approached Nadra for the identification of the victim.

Later, the victim was identified as Mohammad Aslam, an employee of the EME College, the police said, adding its Special Investigation Unit (SIU) traced the wife of the deceased and arrested her.

The woman told the investigators that she had murdered her husband with the help of her boyfriend by hitting his face and head with concrete blocks. Later, they dumped the body along the roadside. The police said the accomplice of the woman was yet to be arrested. The couple had a one-month-old baby.

Published in Dawn, October 15th, 2016