SWABI: A woman was strangled allegedly by her in-laws over a domestic dispute here on Sunday, police said.

SHO Swabi city police station Altaf Khan told Dawn that a resident of Gari Kapoora area of Mardan and currently living in Right Bank Colony of Tarbela Dam told the police that his daughter was allegedly killed by her father-in-law, his wife and two sons.

He told the police that relationship between the victim and her husband strained over domestic disputes, which culminated into her killing.

SHO Altaf said that the police reached the house, inspected the body and found that she had been strangled. He said that the police had arrested the father-in-law of the victim and registered an FIR against him and three other accused, including his wife and two sons.

Meanwhile, two persons were killed when their rivals opened fire on them in proper Swabi city on Sunday over a blood feud.

The deceased were identified as Ishtiaq Ahmad and Mehtab Ali. Farzand Ali, a brother of Ishtiaq, got registered an FIR against the accused, namely Tila Mohammad and Ejaz Khan, in the city police station.

Also in the day, a man identified as Rashid Khan was shot dead in Haryan village of Chota Lahor.

Rahim Khan, a brother of the deceased, got registered an FIR with the Chota Lahor City police station against two accused, stating that the cause of the incident was exchange of hot words between the victim and the accused over a trivial issue.

Published in Dawn, December 27th, 2021