Man book for ‘setting wife on fire’

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The Saddar police has booked a man for torturing and setting his wife on fire.

Akhtar Naheed, a resident of Saddar, lodged a complaint with the local police that her brother-in-law, Muhammad Kashif, beat, tortured and set on fire his sister Naseema by sprinkling petrol on her over a domestic issue.

According to the complainant, the victim sustained serious burn wounds and has been admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital Rawalpindi where doctors said her condition was critical.

The police have registered a case against the suspect and started investigation.