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Man booked for electrocuting niece over marriage issue

By APP
April 23, 2018

FAISALABAD: The Mamoonkanjan police on Sunday booked a man along with his two accomplices on the charge of electrocuting his niece over a marriage issue.

The police said that 17-year-old girl Shagufta Shaheen of Chak 511-GB left her house to contract marriage with Waseem of the same locality. However, due to interference of local Panchayat, the girl was brought back home and a compromise was struck between the two parties. After three days, the girl was found dead in her house and the family members said that the girl died of an electric shock.

However, during initial interrogation, the police came to know that the girl was allegedly murdered. Later, the police registered a murder case against three persons, including Shamsher Ali, uncle of the girl, and his two unknown accomplices.