Youth kills sister few hours before her marriage

An infuriated youth shot dead his sister a few hours before her marriage over a dispute of doing her marriage first before his marriage in village Veerwala-Satrah, Daska tehsil here on Sunday.

Saadia was sitting in her house in bridal dress just a few hours before the arrival of her baraat when her brother Rab Nawaz quarreled with her over a dispute of being wedded first. On this, he became infuriated and opened firing on her, killing her on the spot. All the arrangements were made and the wedding guests were present there to welcome her baraat from Daska city. A wedding guest Bushra Bibi, 26, was also injured in this firing incident and was admitted to Daska Civil Hospital in critical condition. The accused fled away from the scene.

Victim Saadia’s father Murad Ali told the police that the accused was infuriated because of delay in his own marriage, saying that the accused actually wanted to get married before the marriage of his sister. Satrah police have registered a case and shifted the body to Daska Civil Hospital for autopsy.