SANGHAR, Nov 3: A man committed suicide after strangulating his wife in the Bux Ali Sanjrani village near Sinjhoro town on Wednesday.
Hadi Bux Sanjrani, 21, killed his wife Malookan, 19, (a cousin) and later hanged himself from a girder of his room.
The body of Hadi Bux was taken to the rural health centre Jhol and that of his wife to the civil hospital Sanghar for post-mortem.
The motive behind the incident could not be ascertained.
COMPLAINT: Residents of Shahdadpur taluka have criticized the escalating prices of daily use items.
Mohammad Aslam, Juman Malano, Khaliq Brohi and Yaqoob said that meat, sugar, flour and fruit prices had been increased by shopkeepers.
They said they had informed the DCO, DDO and Mukhtiarkar to check the overcharging but they had not taken any action against profiteers.
They said that the butchers were selling meat of sick animals.
They said that vanaspati oil was being sold at Rs60 per kg instead of Rs54, sugar Rs21 per kg, flour Rs15 per kg and banana Rs20 per dozen.
They appealed to the district administration to bring down the prices of daily use items.
