A man was caught red-handed attempting to dump the body of his wife after murdering her at their house in Mianwali Colony on Thursday.

The Pirabad police said some residents of the area noticed the man carrying a gunny bag and intercepted him to ask questions in Nusrat Bhutto Colony. The man threw the bag and tried to escape from the scene, but the people got hold of him and informed the police.

In the bag, the police found the corpse of a woman, identified as 24-year-old Rahat, wife of Javed, and took the deceased to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for an autopsy. During the initial questioning, the suspect told the police that he had strangled his wife during a clash over a family matter.

The deceased, who hailed from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was the mother of three children. A case has been registered while an investigation is under way.

Source: The News