SUKKUR, Feb 13: A man killed his wife and her alleged paramour in Jacobabad on Sunday night.

Ghulam Hyder Abro, a retired policeman, surrendered at the Civil Lines police station after committing the double murder.

He told police that as he entered his house, he saw a stranger sitting with his wife Hidayat Khatoon. Abro said that he shot both of them dead to protect his honour, and added that he felt no remorse.

The deceased man was identified as Dur Mohammad Rind.

Police took the bodies to the civil hospital for post-mortem after which relatives of Dur Mohammad took his body to his native village Gulab Mari for burial.

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