SWABI: A man shot dead his wife over a petty dispute here on Sunday, the police said.

The accused forced his way into our house and opened fire on his wife, killing her on the spot, a brother of the deceased woman told the police. He said the couple had quarreled over some trivial issue a few months ago, following which, his sister had come to her parents in Ismalia village.

The woman’s body was shifted to the district headquarters hospital for autopsy.

The police registered an FIR and started investigations.

Meanwhile, the police have arrested the two alleged killers of a woman, whose body was found in a deserted place in Gajju Khan two days ago.

SHO Swabi city Ajab Durrani said Sohail Khan and Kamran Khan of Yar Hussain village admitted during the investigation that they had killed the woman over a woman’s relation.

In a related development, the police arrested a man identified as Samandar Khan, who was wanted to the Malakand police in a double murder case.

Published in Dawn, November 22nd, 2021