ISLAMABAD: A man was brought to a hospital dead on Monday, police said.

The police got information that a woman had brought her husband dead to a hospital. The police reached the hospital andtook the bodyintocustody.

The woman told the police that her husband Suleman Noor, 27, went to sleep in the afternoon. In the evening, when she tried to wake him up, he did not respond. As a result, she took him to the hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.

The deceased was a native of Lahore and had recently contracted love marriage with the woman. The couple moved to Islamabad and started living with the elder sister of the woman at Tarlai.

The Koral police said apparently there was no mark of injury on the body but the police had requested the doctors for an autopsy to ascertain the actual case of death. It was also learnt that the families of the couple were against their marriage.

Meanwhile, the capital police arrested 17 outlaws from different parts of the city and recovered valuables, liquor and weapons from their possession.

The Ramna police arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in theft and recovered valuables worth thousands of rupees from them. The police also arrested six people, including two women, for their alleged involvement in immoral activities.

The Secretariat police rounded up a bootlegger and recovered two bottles of wine from him. The Margallah police arrested another bootlegger and recovered six bottles of wine from him.

Similarly, the Aabpara and Sihala police nabbed three people and recovered a 30-bore pistol from each of them. The Golra police arrested a man and recovered a dagger from his possession.

Furthermore, the Industrial Area police arrested two men for their alleged involvement in thef t. The police also claimed to have recovered valuables worth thousands of rupees from them. The Koral police also arrested two bootleggers.