ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: Two women died in separate incidents in the twin cities on Tuesday, police said.

In the first incident, a woman was found dead in a flat under unexplained circumstances in the jurisdiction of Margalla police station.

According to the police, the management of the flat found the dead woman. The police were then informed who reached the flat and shifted the body to the hospital.

The girl was 23-year-old and was a resident of F-7 sector, police said.

Preliminary investigation suggested that a man had booked the flat on Monday morning and later came there along with the girl. Both stayed there and later the man left the flat. On suspicion, the staff broke into the flat and found the woman dead.

The police said there was no mark of injury on the body, however, the cause of death would be established after autopsy. After the girl’s identification, her family was approached and informed about her death.

In the other incident, a woman committed suicide in Ratta Amral area.

Police said the woman allegedly killed herself after taking poison – usually kept in houses for cleaning washrooms – after a quarrel with her husband.

The victim was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) after her condition deteriorated but could not survive.

Meanwhile, two young men who were critically injured in a road accident on Lahore High Court Road were shifted to Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH).

They were stated to be in critical condition.

Published in Dawn, December 11th, 2024