SHIKARPUR, Jan 10: A woman, Maliha, 18, wife of Ghulam Nabi Jafri, was killed by her brother-in-law in Jafri village some five kilometres from here on Thursday night. The woman was asleep in her house with her new born child , when her brother-in-law with the help of his friends shot her dead.

The motive behind the incident was said to be Karo-kari affair.

Mohammad Khan Jafri lodged an FIR with the Amrote police against Malhoo Lohar, Akbar and two others.

SNATCHED: Two armed men snatched a car (ABM-424) from businessman Sarwand Kumar on the Rustam-Chak link road on Friday when he was on his way from Karampur to Sukkur.

The Rustam police have registered a case.

In another incident, a passenger pickup was snatched from Ghulam Hussain Brohi near Shahmir Junejo village on Thursday night.

The Amrote police have registered a case.

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