TOBA TEK SINGH: Faisalabad’s Lundianwala police registered a murder case on Thursday against a woman accused of poisoning her husband to death eight months after the incident.

Complainant Manzooran Bibi stated in her FIR that her son Nasir was found dead in his in-laws’ house in Chak 570-GB on June 16, 2023. Upon reaching the location with relatives, they found the body turning blue.

Following Manzooran’s application, her son’s autopsy revealed poisoning, confirmed by a report from the Punjab Forensic Science Laboratory in Lahore. The police arrested Nazia, Nasir’s widow, for further investigation.

LIFE TERM: Gojra Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Akram Beetu handed down a life imprisonment sentence and imposed a fine of Rs500,000 on Thursday on a woman convicted of murdering her husband.

Bano Bibi of Toba Chak 322-JB poisoned her husband, Muhammad Rafiq, two years ago in her parents’ house. The court acquitted three accomplices, Ismail, Babar, and Aslam, giving them the benefit of the doubt.

FIA: A Faisalabad Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team arrested a man in Sillanwali, Sargodha, on Thursday involved in Hawala Hundi and illegal currency exchange business.

During the raid, Rs1.1 million, 1,600 Saudi riyals, and 1,000 Afghan Afghani were recovered from Aurangzeb. Transaction records and his mobile phones were also seized. Other accomplices managed to escape, and efforts are underway to arrest them.

ENCOUNTER: An alleged robber was killed in an encounter with Gojra Saddar police on Thursday morning near Gaggo Mahal Chowk.

The police said that at a check post, three people riding a motorcycle were stopped by police, but they fled. A chase ensued, and gunfire erupted.

After the firing ceased, the police found one of them dead at the scene. The deceased, identified as Nadeem of Chak 370-JB, was wanted by Toba Tek Singh and Bahawalpur police in several robbery cases.

KILLED: Unidentified people shot dead a man on Thursday near Chak 66-JB, Dhandra, on Jhang Road in Faisalabad.

Muhammad Ali died instantly, and his body was handed over to the Faisalabad Factory Area police, according to Rescue 1122.

Published in Dawn, March 1st, 2024