SUKKUR: The family members and relatives of a woman who had contracted a free-will marriage stormed her house, ransacked domestic articles and took away valuables to ‘punish’ the couple, officials at the Adilpur police station said on Friday.

Quoting the aggrieved side, the police said that Salma Kori had contracted a free-will marriage with Gulsher Kori a couple of weeks back without the consent of the woman’s family and relatives.

On Friday, 10 furious persons stormed the couple’s house in Gul Mahar village and ruthlessly beat up all those present inside. The intruders ransacked furniture and other household items and took away many valuables to punish the couple.

Gulsher and his relatives held a protest demonstration outside Khanpur Mahar press club and demanded arrest of the attackers and restoration of the looted goods.

They claimed that the attackers also herded away their four cows and two goats. They alleged that a six-year-old boy, Qadeer Kori, was injured during the attack and had to be taken to the Sukkur Civil Hospital for treatment.

Young man shot dead

Seven armed men struck at a roadside eatery along Unner Canal on the outskirts of Ghouspur town of Kandhkot-Kashmore district and shot dead a young man belonging to the Dahani community on Wednesday, the first day of Eidul Azha.

The victim, Shahul Khan Dahani, died on the spot, the area police said, adding that the assailants fled the scene after committing the murder.

The body was handed over to the heirs after a post-mortem examination at the rural health centre of Ghouspur.

Published in Dawn, August 25th, 2018