The Lahore High Court Complaint Cell on Wednesday took notice of strangling of a girl by her two brothers and brother-in-law for marrying of her choice.
The cell has directed Sahiwal district and sessions judge to look into the matter and submit a detailed report within a week.
The 21-year-old girl had eloped with Anser and had contracted a court marriage in Sahiwal about six months back.
Later, the couple had returned to their village and started living with Anser’s parents.
Anser told reporters that his wife’s elder brothers, Muzzamil and Haroon along with their brother-in-law, Jahangir, visited his house in his absence and took Anser’s wife to her parents’ house.
Ansersaid he immediately reported the incident to the police and a raid was conducted at his in-laws’ house to rescue his wife but she had been taken to some other place.
According to reports, the girl was taken to a farmhouse of her brother-in-law from where her body was found the next day. A post-mortem report has confirmed that she was strangled.
The police have registered a murder case against absconding accused Muzzamil, Haroon and Jahangir.
