ISLAMABAD: A 21-year-old pregnant woman died of burn injuries in the capital on Tuesday, police said.

The woman’s father alleged that she was murdered by her in-laws.

However, the in-laws claimed that she sustained the burn injuries while cooking in her husband’s house at Talhar on Margalla Hills and she was taken to hospital where she died, the police said.

Waheed Ahmed, the father of the woman, claimed that marks of injuries were found around the neck of his daughter, showing that she was tortured.

The police took the body into custody and found the marks.

Mr Ahmed lodged a complaint with the police for the registration of a case against the husband and in-laws of his daughter.

The police said the woman married her cousin about six months ago and was three-month pregnant.