Man kills stepson; woman slaughtered by husband

Karachi
A man killed his stepson over some domestic dispute in Mehmoodabad while a disgruntled husband slaughtered his wife and then slit his own throat in Gulshan-e-Maymar, police said on Saturday.
In the first incident, a man identified as Abdul Ghafoor strangled his stepson Amin Hashim, 15, in Liaquat Ashraf Colony and fled the scene.
The Baloch Colony police said Abdul Ghafoor had married the mother of the Amin Hashim and on Saturday he allegedly strangled his stepson after some arguments with his wife and Amin and escaped.
The police have registered a case against the accused on the complaint of the mother of the child and were conducting raids for his arrest.
On the other hand, a disgruntled husband slaughtered his wife and another lady in Gulshan-e-Maymar and later slit his own throat with the same knife, police said.
The Gulshan-e-Maymar police said an accused Ayaz Khan slaughtered his wife Hanifia, 25, over some domestic dispute in Al-Hamd Town area and also injured a female relative of his wife, Haleema, when she came in between.
The accused later used the same knife to slit his own throat, they said, adding that all three were rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where Hanifia died, while Haleema and the accused were being treated.
Quoting the injured Haleema, police said Ayaz was mentally ill and he injured both the women after an argument and later injured himself.
Meanwhile, relatives of a man killed in an alleged encounter held a protest demonstration at the I I Chundrigar Road on Saturday, demanding an inquiry and arrest of the police officials involved in the killing.
They said Hakeem alias Gul Zareen’s body was found on Friday in Machhar Colony area of Keamari, who had been killed in a fake encounter by the Docks police.
Protesting relatives of the Hakeem said he had been taken into custody by the police some five days back and on the night between Friday and Saturday, Docks police killed him, saying he was killed in an encounter.
Due to the protest, traffic remained suspended for many hours on the I I Chudrigar Road but later, on the assurances by the senior police officials that an inquiry into the would be held, the body of the deceased was taken for burial.