A young woman was strangled to death on Sunday by her in-laws for marrying her brother-in-law; a case was reported at the Quaidabad police limits.
According to the police, Naheed Khan (aged 30) was strangulated to death in Muslimabad Colony No-2, Quiadabad by her in-laws; in this regard an FIR was lodged on complaint of the victim’s husband, Bakht Alaam against Bakht Kamal, Ahmed Shah, and one Commander.
During the investigation it was found that the deceased was a resident of Shangla, (Swat) Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa and 11 years before Naheed had married Bakht Alaam’s elder brother, during which she gave birth to two children.
Moreover, during the period, Naheed fell in love with Bakht Alaam, who is her younger brother-in-law. They fled from the house 8 years before alongwith the two
children and settled in
Muslimabad Colony No-2, where Bakht Alaam started working as a painter to earn his living.
They added that, during their wedlock, Naheed gave birth to two more children and were residing a happy life, when on Saturday night a man visited the house of Bakht Alaam and identified himself as Waheedullah and informed him that he wanted to paint his Madrassah situated in Bakhtawar Goth.
Bakht Alaam agreed to take the job.
The next morning one of Waheedullah’s men visited his house and took him to see the Madrassah. The stranger then took Bakht Alaam to a house where he was kept confined.
Police said that, later Bakht Alaam’s brothers, Bakht Kamal, Ahmed Shah and one unknown person went to the house and beat Bakht Alaam. They then went to his house, and tied the hands and Alaam’s wife Naheed and strangled her to death.
