Man kills ex-wife, buries her inside his home in Lahore

By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 05 Jan 2023

LAHORE: A man killed his former wife and buried her inside his house after the latter got divorced and married another man in Harbanspura neighbourhood of Lahore.

According to details, the 40-year-old Zainab was murdered by her former husband Yousuf and brother-in-law Aijaz, who later buried her inside their house.

The children of the woman after getting worried owing to the missing of their mother approached the police and on their identification, the police recovered the remains of their mother from the suspects’ home.

“We have shifted the body for medico-legal formalities and launched a probe from all angles,” they said adding that the woman had married another man after getting a divorce from Yousuf.

In a somewhat similar incident, a man who recently returned from France to Lahore has killed his wife for an unknown reason.

As per details, a man named Samad, who recently returned from France informed his father-in-law about killing his wife. The body was being buried in secret by the family when the police raided.

The deceased has been identified as Gulnaz.

Seeing the police, Samad fled the spot. The body of the woman has been shifted to the hospital by the police for an autopsy, while her parents who hail from Afghanistan have been informed by the police.

The police are conducting raids to arrest the accused. The cause behind the killing remains unknown.