Three women and one man lost their lives in three separate cases of alleged honour killing in Sukkur and Matiari districts.

A woman was shot dead early Sunday in Khuram village near Rohri, Sukkur by her husband, Akram Jagerani, who suspected her of having illicit relations with a man in their village, police said.

Jagerani also shot and killed another man in the incident, police added.

After committing the murders, Jagerani fled the village to avoid arrest. Police said they were conducting raids across Sukkur to find and arrest the accused.

The bodies of the victims were shifted to a local hospital for postmortem.

In another incident, a mother of three was gunned down by her brother in Baloch Khan Jamali, Matiari within the limits of the New Saeedabad police station.

Madam Chandio was killed because her brother 'suspected her character', police said.

After committing the murder, the accused surrendered to the police and confessed his crime.

A First Information Report (FIR) had not been registered in the case as of Sunday morning. Madam Chandio's body was handed over to her mother, police said.

In the third such case, Ursana Lashari , another mother of three, was shot dead by two cousins in Bahram within the limits of the Tamachani police station on Friday night.

The accused, Mohammad Lashari and Nazal Khan Lashari, killed their cousin because they suspected her of having illicit relations with her brother-in-law while her husband, Feroze, was out of the house, police said.

The body of the victim was brought to the Tamachani police station the postmortem. An FIR is expected to be registered later in the day.

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