[DAWN] A 17-year-old girl was strangled to death allegedly by her father and brother in Sorgul area here in the name of honour on Monday, police said.A Kohat police front man said in a statement that some relatives of the victim reported that body of the dear departed was lying in the house.
The Jarma police arrived at the scene and found that she was strangled to death. The body was shifted to women and kiddies hospital where the doctors confirmed that her death occurred due to choking by a rope around her neck.
The victim’s father and brother managed to escape after the incident. Initial reports said the girl had alleged relationship with a boy due to which she was murdered.
The police were carrying out raids to arrest the accused, but till filing of this report no arrests had been made.
The police started the paperwork but haven't done much else on the complaint of the grandfather of the dear departed against the accused.