KHAIRPUR: Karo-kari ‘killer’ surrenders

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KHAIRPUR, March 22: Soomar Chachar, the father of Zameer, who was killed on the pretext of karo-kari, registered a case on Wednesday against Anwar, the alleged killer, who surrendered to police on Tuesday night. Reports said Anwar Chachar, who suspected that Zameer had illicit relations with his 17-year-old daughter Sajida alias Saji, killed both his daughter and Zameer with an axe in Pir Bukhari village and surrendered to police with the murder weapon late Tuesday night.

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