KOHAT: A man allegedly killed his wife and minor son over a family dispute in Darwazai Banda area of Shakardarra town in the wee hours on Saturday.

SHO Azfal Awan told Dawn on contact that Zafranullah killed his wife and then cut into pieces his one-month-old son. Then he bundled the minor in a bag and threw him in the Darwazai Dam, he added.

Later, the accused created hue and cry and gathered the neighbours and told them that three dacoits had entered his house and killed his family and fled away.

Ibraheem, the father of the deceased woman, told the police in the hospital during autopsy of her body that his son-in-law was lying, and in fact he had killed his wife and minor son.

He said Zafranullah had divorced his wife on two occasions and that his wife had filed a case in court that her husband did not give her expenses and tortured her.

The police arrested the accused, who admitted to having killed his wife and minor son. A pistol used in the crime was also recovered from his house.

The body of the child was retrieved from the dam by the divers on Saturday afternoon.

The police registered an FIR against the accused.

Published in Dawn, March 18th, 2018