A man is accused of electrocuting his wife to death in Okara, according to a First Information Report (FIR) registered at the Cantonment Police Station. The incident took place in the Ahmed Nagar area, where the husband, along with four named and three unidentified accomplices, allegedly murdered the woman.
Police said the case was registered on the complaint of the deceased woman’s mother, Misbah. After the FIR was lodged, the prime suspect, Tanveer, was arrested, and raids are underway at several locations to arrest the remaining suspects.
FIR cites second marriage dispute in Okara case
The FIR states that the suspect often quarrelled with his wife because he wanted a second marriage. The complaint has not yet been tested in court, and police have not released further details on the alleged role of each accomplice.
Karachi house shooting leaves two dead, boy hurt
In a separate case, police said unidentified armed men opened fire inside a house in Gulshan-e-Hadeed Phase II, Karachi, killing a woman and her teenage daughter and wounding their young son. According to police, motorcycle-borne assailants entered the house in the jurisdiction of Steel Town Police Station, fired and fled.
The dead were identified as Bakhtawar, 15 to 16, daughter of Muhammad Deen, and her mother Sumaiya, wife of Muhammad Deen, aged about 42 to 45. Their son, Zaid Ali, 12 to 13, was taken to a nearby hospital in Gulshan-e-Hadeed for treatment.
The boy told police he was in another room when he heard gunshots and later saw his mother had been shot. He said the attackers also struck him on the head with a weapon, but he could not identify them. Police have launched an investigation and are trying to trace and arrest the suspects.
