SUKKUR: A man shot dead his sister-in-law reportedly on the pretext of delay in preparing meals in Jahan Shah locality on the outskirt of Jacobabad on Thursday.

Atta Mohammad Lahar flew into a rage over belated preparation of meal and opened fire on his sister-in-law Nazeeran, wife of Sobdar Lahar, said relatives, adding he managed to escape after committing the crime.

Police removed the body of the slain woman to Jacobabad Civil Hospital where doctors conducted post mortem on it and handed it over to relatives.