MANSEHRA: Police have arrested a man accused of killing his wife earlier this month and attempting to mislead investigators by linking the incident to a highway robbery.
“The incident, in which a woman was killed, and her husband sustained bullet wounds while putting up resistance against highway robbers, created fear in society. However, we uncovered the facts and arrested the accused,” Deputy Superintendent of Police Mudassir Zia told a press conference at Pulrah Police Station on Sunday.
He said that on December 5, Mohammad Sohail had lodged an FIR claiming that robbers opened fire on him and his wife when he resisted a robbery attempt in the Shahkot area of Pulrah.
“According to the FIR, the couple was returning home after a medical check-up of their four-year-old daughter when masked robbers intercepted their car at gunpoint and opened fire at around 7 pm,” the DSP said.
Zia said the case initially appeared to be a blind murder and posed a major challenge for the police as sniffer dogs were also brought in to the crime scene and nearby localities, but no leads were found. “Through thorough investigation and forensic analysis, it was revealed that Mohammad Sohail, who is still under treatment at a local health facility, killed his wife because he wanted to marry another woman,” the DSP said.
He added that the accused had been taken into custody and would be interrogated further once discharged from the hospital.The DSP said that an FIR had been registered on the complaint of the victim’s mother under Sections 302 and 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code, and the police had also recovered the weapon used in the crime.
