MANSEHRA: A man killed his wife, while the body of another woman was fished out from the Kunhar River here on Tuesday.

The suspect shot dead his wife after exchanging hot words with her in Haryala area, according the FIR lodged with the city police station by a son of the deceased.

The body was taken to the King Abdullah Teaching Hospital for medico-legal formalities. Later, it was handed over to relatives.

The complainant mentioned in the FIR that his father used to quarrel with his mother.

Meanwhile, local people fished out the body of a woman from Kunhar River in Hassa area of Balakot and handed it over to the police.

The police shifted the body to the Civil Hospital Balakot, where it was yet to be identified.

According to the police, the woman seemed to be in her 30s.

The Balakot police said they had started an investigation to establish whether she was killed or drowned in the river.

Published in Dawn, March 30th, 2022