NOWSHERA July 30: A woman and a boy committed suicide here on Saturday.

Police said Nazia, 20, daughter of Mir Alam of Akora Khattak, committed suicide by hanging herself with ceiling fan due to some tension with her husband, Hidayat Ullah, son of Habib Ullah.

The villagers said the woman took the extreme action after she was accused of her husband of stealing some money from the amount he had kept with her.

In the second incident, Adnan Islam, 18, son of Saif ul Islam, hailing from Babe Jadeed, Pabbi committed suicide by shooting himself. Father of the deceased told police that reason behind the act was not known.

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