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GUJRANWALA, May 30: A woman who staged a dacoity drama in her house after killing her mother-in-law and father-in-law with the help of her lover in Khewaywali village, Wazirabad, was arrested along with her lover on Friday.
Momona’s husband Muhammad Mansha went abroad for livelihood. In his absence, she developed relations with Imran, a youth of the same village. Fatima Bibi and her husband Muhammad Siddique woke up for Fajr prayers and found that their daughter-in-law was sitting beside with her lover in a room. They admonished and threatened her of informing her husband about the unlawful act. To conceal her crime, she along with her lover strangled her mother-in-law and killed Siddique by hitting sewing machine to his head.
Later, she posed that some unidentified bandits had killed them on resistance during a dacoity bid. She also tied herself with ropes to deceive the police. However, Wazirabad police led by ASP Waqar Ahmad Chohan reached the spot along with finger print experts and arrested Momona and her lover. During questioning, they made a clean breast of their crime.
A case has been registered against them.
LIFE-TERM: A local court on Friday handed down life-term with a fine of Rs400,000 collectively to four accused in a kidnap-cum-murder case.
The judge also awarded 15-month rigours imprisonment to another accused on the charge of using police uniform during the incident.
Court acquitted their four co-accused — Maqsood, Mansha, Nazer Muhammad and Maqbool Ahmad for the lack of evidence.
According to the prosecution, convicts Muhammad Akhter Jaga, Imtiaz Ahmad, Riaz Ahmad and Manzoor Hussain had kidnapped Khursheed Ahmad from his house in Karle, Kamoki, in June, 1992, and later killed him over an old enmity. The body of the deceased could not be recovered by police.
TRADERS’ STRIKE: Businessmen of spare parts and motorcycle mechanics on Friday blocked traffic on the Sialkot Road to protest against issuance of tickets by the traffic police.
The Anjuman-i-Tajran and mechanics held a meeting on the Sialkot Road and expressed resentment over issuing them the tickets. They parked old vehicles on the road and chanted slogans against the traffic police.—Correspondent
