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Lahore woman torches teenage daughter for marrying man of choice
[DAWN] LAHORE: A woman set her daughter to fire for marrying the man of her choice here on Wednesday, police said. The 18-year-old girl was struck down in her prime.The victim, a resident of Mast Iqbal Road, had eloped with a man she liked and who her family disapproved of, said Station House Officer (SHO) Sheikh Hammad Akhtar. Two days before the incident, the family coaxed the dear departed to come back home on the pretext that they will send her off with their consent. However, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... when once she returned, her mother doused her with petrol and set her alight. Police claim the victim's mother, while professing her crime, admitted to pouring petrol on her daughter and then torching her. The police shifted the girl's body to a mortuary and placed in durance vile ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... her mother. Second Division Superintendent Police Ibadat Nisar said the dear departed girl's brother, who had arrived from Dubai, has been missing since the incident happened, and police is looking for him. There has been no mention of the victim's husband since her death. Posted by: Fred 2016-06-09 |
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