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Man kills teenage wife, mother-in-law for ‘honour’

Karachi: A woman and her mother were gunned down in Chakiwara over honour, said the Chakiwara police on Wednesday.

Chakiwara Station House Officer Muhammad Tufail Ahmed said a man arrived at the police station, identified himself as Amanat Khan and surrendered himself to the law enforcers.According to Khan’s statement, he had been receiving complaints regarding his 17-year-old wife Shazia and her mother Nasreen’s character, so he shot them dead at their house situated on Chachi Street in Chakiwara.

Police recovered the bodies and shifted them to the Civil Hospital Karachi.During investigation, Amanat told police that was a labourer by profession and for the past few weeks, he was suspecting his wife of having an affair with someone.On Wednesday night, he had an argument with his wife, during which he took out his pistol and shot her.

The News