TAXILA: A man and his mother were arrested for allegedly killing his wife over a domestic dispute and later declaring it as a natural death in village Jallo in the limits of Hassanabdal police.

According to police sources, Mohammad Adeel along with his mother strangled to death his wife over a domestic dispute and claimed her death as natural. Mohammad Din, the father of the victim, informed police about the incident after which the police took over the body into their custody and shifted it to THQ hospital.

The husband of the woman was taken into custody by the police who confessed that he along with his mother had killed his wife.

Police have registered a murder case against them and sent the suspects behind bars.

Published in Dawn, October 17th, 2022

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