GUJRANWALA: The Aroop police claimed on Friday that they arrested the woman who, along with other members of her family, brutally killed her daughter for marrying a man of her choosing at Butranwali village.

A team also took into custody the two accomplices -also members of the girl`s family.

Civil Lines SP Nadeem Khokhar told Dawn that Muqadas, who was in her 20s, chose Taufiq Ahmed as her life partner and tied the knot more than two years ago. He said the girl`s family was against her decision and nursed a grudge.

Reports suggest Muqadas, who was sevenmonth pregnant, visited a clinic for routine checkup on Thursday and her mother, a brother and a cousin persuaded her to accompany them home as they has no grudge against her.

The girl visited her parents` home, where her mother and other relatives-Adeel and Arshad -slit herthroatandescaped.

The SP said police tracked down the suspects through mobile data and arrested them from different areas.

Rights activists Prof Shahzad Lawrence, Muhammad Israel, Adv Rev Sharif Alam and others condemned the incident and demanded that the perpetrators be punished. They urged the government to take action to eliminate violence from society.

Last week Zeenat Bibi was 1(illed in Lahore by her mother for marrying a man of her own choice in a case that sparked condemnation throughout the country.

ARRESTS: The Cantonment police on Friday arrested four people who were involved in three murders.

SP Nadeem Khokhar said a team was formed to solve the blind murder cases.

He said police using modern techniques traced Naveed, Amir and Babar Shahzad who confessed to killing three people.