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Man guns down wife for filing for divorce

By Our Correspondent 2017-11-29
BAHAWALNAGAR: A man allegedly shot his wife dead for filing a case for dissolution of marriage in Chak 117, Chishtian, on Tuesday.

Saddar police claimed that Rukhsana was got married to Abdullah about a year ago but had been living with her parents for the last two months after developing differences with her husband.

Five days ago, she had hled a case in court for dissolution of marriage, which allegedlyenragedAbdullah.

He shot Rukhsana dead when she was working in a cotton field.

Saddar police handed over the body to family after medico-legal formalities.

An investigation was under way.