LAHORE: A woman and her minor daughter were found killed in their rented house in Shahpur Kanjran on Wednesday.

Rafiq alleged that his wife`s son from her first marriage and his cousin had killed his wife and the daughter.

The deceased are Shahbana Kauser, 42, and five-year-old Aliya Shahzadi.

The Chuhng police registered a murder case against Awais and Shahbaz on the complaint of Rafiq.

The police said they had collected forensic evidence and recorded statements of eyewitnesses.

Rafiq said he left the house on Tuesday evening and when he returned home early on Wednesday, he found the doorlocked.

`I first contacted my wife on her mobile phone but no one attended the call,` he said. Then he asked his neighbours about his family and when they showed ignorance, he along with some neighbours broke opened the lock and found his wife in a pool of blood in the bedroom. The minor girl was strangled.

Rafiq alleged his wife`s son Awais from her first marriage and nephew Shahbaz had come from Kamalia and had been staying with them for four days.

He said Awals was annoyed with his mother for contracting the second marriage and also had threatened her with consequences.-Reporter