SANGHAR: Man kills wife

Published July 5, 2008

SANGHAR, July 4: A man strangled his wife at Sultan Shar village in the Khadro area on Friday.

The accused Hoat Khan Shar, who has been arrested, told reporters that he had an argument with his wife, Mari, 18, and he acted in a fit of anger. He told police he now regretted for what he had done to his wife. The couple had got married just seven months ago.

Khalid, brother of the deceased woman, has lodged an FIR at the area police station.—BoC

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