Youth kills mother, sister

Published March 23, 2003

SHEIKHUPURA, March 22: A youth killed his mother and sister in Dera Nara village, Succha Sauda, on Saturday.

Surraya Bibi wanted to marry her daughter Saadia Yasmin, 20, without the consent of her son Asghar Ali.

This infuriated Asghar who allegedly cut the jugular vein of his mother and sister with a knife, killing them instantly.

Farooqabad Saddar police arrested the accused with the knife and registered a case against him.—APP

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