MUZAFFARGARH: A man allegedly killed his wife and son over suspicion about the woman’s character at Nawankot in the limits of Chaubara police station and buried the bodies in the dunes.
According to police, the suspect, Ali Asghar, has confessed to have killed his wife Faridan Mai (37) and son Arshat (17).
The police said they were contacted by the suspect’s son-in-law Shahzad Anwar, who told them that his mother-in-law and brother-in-law had been missing for the last two days.
They said when they detained and interrogated the suspect Asghar, confessed to have killed them both, after developing suspicion over his wife’s character and later buried their bodies in the nearby dunes.
On identification by the suspect, police recovered the bodies and shifted these to hospital for the postmortem examination.
The police registered the case under sections 302 and 201 against the suspect.
Published in Dawn, April 30th, 2023
