No more daughter; man kills wife

Published January 15, 2006

FAISALABAD, Jan 14: A husband shot dead his wife on Friday night after her ultrasound report revealed that she was going to give birth to their fourth daughter at Chak 64-GB of Jaranwala town. Reports said Muhammad Sadique had three daughters from one Kishar Bibi during their five years of marriage. When his wife got pregnant for the fourth time, Sadique took her to a private hospital and got conducted her ultrasound. As the report revealed that the woman was going to deliver another girl, the husband became infuriated and opened fire on her. She died on the spot. The husband managed to escape.

Police sent the body for autopsy.

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