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Man kills sister for ‘honour’

LAHOREA girl was killed by her brother in the name of honour in Shalimar area on Sunday. The victim was identified as Ramsha. The accused identified as Bilal had nursed a grudge against his sister Ramsha for having illicit relations with a man of the area. He repeatedly warned the

By our correspondents
August 24, 2015
LAHORE
A girl was killed by her brother in the name of honour in Shalimar area on Sunday. The victim was identified as Ramsha. The accused identified as Bilal had nursed a grudge against his sister Ramsha for having illicit relations with a man of the area. He repeatedly warned the girl but she did not pay heed to his warnings. On the day of the incident, the victim was asleep when the accused Bilal slit open her throat and escaped. Police shifted the body to morgue for autopsy and registered a murder case against the accused on the complaint of the victim’s uncle Aurangzeb.
ARRESTED: PHP arrested 34 criminals and recovered a kidnapped woman. PHP arrested two proclaimed offenders Maqsood Ahmad wanted by Doulat Nagar and Khryanwal police and Usman Khan wanted by Saray Mhajar, Bhakkar police. PHP arrested two kidnappers Amir and Ghulam Sabir and recovered woman Naseem Bibi from their possession. The woman was kidnapped from Jhang. PHP arrested eight people and recovered 780-kg unhygienic meat from their possession. PHP arrested 22 criminals and recovered a rifle, a carbine, eight pistols, 81 bullets and 38-litre liquor and 380-gram charas from their possession. PHP reunited six lost children with their families.
SEMINARIES: Police under National Action Plan (NAP) carried out search operations in six seminaries in the provincial metropolis and checked identification papers and other related documents of 1,500 students. The police also issued advisory letters to the administration of the seminaries in connection with security related issues and warned them that nobody should be given admission without complete documents. Police registered 19 cases on violation of Tenants Act and Loudspeaker Act during the last two days besides rounding up 110 proclaimed offenders and court absconders. Police checked hotels, inns, guesthouses, railway station, Lorri Adda and other bus stands and took action against eight people out of 31 suspects who had failed to produce their identity papers for checking on demand. Police registered two cases under Foreigners Act and sent the two persons to jail. Police arrested 39 drug pushers and recovered 17-kg charas, 14-kg bhang and 1-kg opium from their possession. Police arrested 34 people and recovered 21 pistols, eight rifles and guns and 750 bullets and cartridges from their possession. Police arrested 26 gamblers and recovered valuables as stake money.
DRUG PUSHER: Ghalib Market police arrested a drug pusher and recovered 2-kg charas from his possession. The arrested drug peddler was identified as Amjad. Meanwhile, Gawalmandi police arrested two cellphone snatchers identified as Bashir and Amir and recovered 12 cellphones and illicit weapons from them.