Man arrested for killing wife, dumping her body in Quaidabad

Police on Friday claimed to have solved the mystery behind the murder of a young woman who was found dead in the Quaidabad area two weeks ago, and arrested her husband and his two companions.

Police said the four-day-old corpse of the 26-year-old woman, identified as Maryam, was discovered at a garbage dump in Kashmiri Muhalla on June 26. Her body was taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for an autopsy.

Police learnt during the ongoing investigation that the woman’s husband, Qalbe Abbas, had murdered her with the help of two friends, Bakhtiar and Abdul Samad.

Police said the initial investigation showed that a taxi driver had kidnapped the victim and later sold her to a woman, Fatima. The buyer later married her with her son, Qalbe Abbas, who used to torture his wife.

The police said the suspects stabbed the woman’s body with a knife and also burnt it with acid after murdering her.

Mishaps

Three people lost their lives in separate mishaps in Karahci on Friday, police said.

A 22-year-old man, Moiz, son of Akram, was seriously injured after a speedy vehicle hit his motorcycle in the SITE area. He was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries during treatment.

The driver of the car allegedly responsible for the accident sped away from the scene. Police have registered a case.

Separately, a passerby died and another was wounded after a water tank fell off the roof of a house in a street in Model Colony. The casualties were taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.

The deceased person was identified as Sabir, 25, son of Ghulam Rasool, and injured as Urs Muhammad, 50.

In another mishap, an unknown man died from electrocution on MA Jinnah Road. He was taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi.