ISLAMABAD: A man was arrested on charge of murdering his wife in Sihala police area.

The man has confessed to having committed the crime, the police said.

Some passersby spotted a woman’s body lying in the wooded area near Islamabad Expressway on Dec 19,and informed the police who shifted the body to the hospital.

The woman’s identification could not be ascertained as her face was burnt, the poilce said, adding that a chisel with blood stains was also found from the crime scene.

SP Ziauddin had constituted an investigation team under the supervision of DSP Abid Hussain.

DSP Hussain said the victim was identified through her fingerprints as Tahira Yasmin, 35, a native of Sargodha. The blood stains found on the chisel also matched with the blood of the victim, he added.

After identification, the investigators contacted the woman’s husband, who acted suspiciously. Besides, bruises were also found on his face and he failed to give any satisfactory reply to the ivestigators’ questions.

During interrogation, the man confessed to killing his wife as he suspected her character, Mr Hussain said.

The accused was produced in the court of law from where he was given in police custody on four-day physical remand.

Published in Dawn, December 29th, 2021