Woman killed by husband, in-laws

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SIALKOT: A married woman was tortured to death allegedly by her husband and in-laws at village Kandan Sayyan of Daska on Friday.

According to the first information report, Naveed Sabir, his brothers Zafar Iqbal, Amjad Hussain and Tajamal Hussain and sister-in-law Sajida Bibi quarreled with Sadia for not bringing money from her parents. Later, they tortured her physically so severely that she died of it. She was a mother of three minor children.

Police handed over the body to Sadia’s parents after autopsy and claimed that they had arrested the suspect nominated in the case.

Published in Dawn, July 11th, 2020

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