Girl killed by mother, brother for ‘honour’ in Gujranwala

GUJRANWALA: A girl was killed by her mother and brother in name of honour in the Gujranwala area of Punjab on Tuesday.

According to police sources, a 24-year-old girl, Aqsa, wanted to marry a man of her choice against the wishes of her family. Her mother and brother strangled her to death and told the people that she was killed during a robbery at their house, the police added.

Her family approached the police and registered a robbery-cum-murder case. The police launched investigations into the blind murder case.

Meanwhile, Aqsa’s elder sister told the real story to the police officials. The police took her mother, Nasreen Bibi, and brother, Shahzad, into custody on suspicion. During the initial investigation, they confessed to their crime.

Earlier a woman had killed in the name of honor in a suburb area of Mianwali district of the Punjab province on February 16. According to details, a woman had strangulated to death by her brother and husband in the Shadia area.

A case had been registered at a Mianwali police station on the complaint of another brother of the victim. Later police had arrested the suspect and started further investigation.