HYDERABAD: Woman found dead

Published August 11, 2003

HYDERABAD, Aug 10: A 22-year-old married woman, Hina Shahid, was found dead in her house in Ayub Colony, Unit No11, Latifabad, late Saturday night.

Police said that the woman, wife of Mohammad Shahid, had committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan.

She had married Shahid, an electrician of the area, two months back but differences developed with her in-laws.

Police said that on Saturday night when Shahid entered his room, he found her hanging from the ceiling fan. Her post-mortem was conducted on Saturday.

However, her father, Mohammad Jilani, totally disagreed with his daughter’s in-laws that she had committed suicide.

Police claimed that a second post-mortem of the deceased would be conducted on Monday.—Correspondent

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