Peshawar: Bride turns out to be mastermind of groom’s murder

PESHAWAR: A bride turned out to be the mastermind of her groom’s murder in Peshawar, ARY News reported on Tuesday.

A newly-wed man Adnan was killed and his brother sustained injuries in a firing incident on the wedding car that took place on Peshawar’s Charsadda Road in the vicinity of the Faqeerabad police station on November 11.

Police conducted a thorough probe into the firing incident and arrested the prime suspect Jalal in the murder case. During the interrogation, it emerged that the assassination plan was prepared by the ‘bride’.

Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Operations Kashif Aftab Abbasi told the media that the prime suspect and the bride wanted to marry but the parents of both accused rejected the proposals. Later, they decided to murder the groom.

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The prime suspect Jalal opened fire at groom’s car in which he lost his life. Police also arrested the woman over murder charges besides recovering the weapon used in the gun attack from Jalal’s possession.

In September, a woman had axed to death her husband over a family dispute in Karim Baistkhel area of Bannu.

According to Mandan police, the woman, named Sultana Bibi, attacked her husband, Mohammad Roshan, 40, with an axe, killing him on the spot.

They said the attacker fled from the crime scene and the body was shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital.

Police had registered a case against the killer on the complaint of the deceased’s brother, Gul Sher Khan.