MANSEHRA: A man killed his wife after she demanded divorce from him at a jirga held in Munda Chucha area of Siren valley, police said here on Sunday.

“We have arrested a man after he killed his wife who wanted to marry with another man after getting divorce from him,” SHO Shinkiari Mohammad Yasir told reporters.

“As the couple were cousins their families’ elders called an internal jirga to settle the issue, but the woman, mother of one, again raised the demand at the jirga, which forced her husband to fire at her. She died on the spot,” Mr Yasir said.

He said the police arrested the accused.

The SHO said the body was handed over to family on completion of medico-legal formalities at the Shinkiari Civil Hospital.

In another incident, a four-year-old boy, Shahzain, was killed and his grandmother injured when assailants opened fire on them in Matsarian area on Sunday.

The victims were on way home after attending a marriage function.

The locals shifted them to Pulrah Civil Hospital, where the boy succumbed to injuries. The woman was later referred to Ayub Medical Complex Hospital, Abbottabad.

Published in Dawn, November 1st, 2021