A man set his wife ablaze over refusal to allow him to contract a second marriage in the Samanabad area of Faisalabad.

Complainant Ali Hassan of Sheikhupura alleged in the first information report (FIR) registered with Samanabad police that his sister, Lubna Shahzadi, was present at her house in Ali Town when her husband, Muhammad Qaiser, forced her to sign a paper, allowing him to contract the second marriage. She refused to sign the paper. At this, Qaiser sprinkled petrol on her clothes and gave them fire. As a result, Lubna was critically burnt.

The complainant added in the FIR that his sister was under treatment at the burn unit of the Allied Hospital when her husband threatened to kill their two sons if she informed police about the incident.

Police have arrested the suspect.

Source: Dawn