SWABI: A man shot dead his wife over a petty dispute here on Sunday, the police said.

The accused forced his way into our house and opened fire on his wife, killing her on the spot, a brother of the deceased woman told the police. He said the couple had quarreled over some trivial issue a few months ago, following which, his sister had come to her parents in Ismalia village.

The woman’s body was shifted to the district headquarters hospital for autopsy. The police registered an FIR and started investigations.

Source: Dawn