HARIPUR: A dental surgeon had been arrested by the police on Wednesday over suspicion of being involved in the murder of his wife, a gynaecologist.
It was reported by local media that the police have arrested Dr Tariq Sadiq, the husband of Dr Shaista Tariq, who was found murdered in her office of a private hospital on the night of June 9.
Furthermore, the Investigation Officer Nek Mohammad Khan also claimed a 30-bore pistol was recovered from Dr Tariq’s custody, which was allegedly used in the murder of his wife.
The accused had been on physical remand for three days and would be produced before the court of area magistrate on Thursday to record his statement in the murder case.
According to the Haripur city police, Dr Shaista, the owner of a private hospital, was found lying in a pool of blood by the hospital staff when they reached there after hearing gunshots in her office. Meanwhile, while lodging FIR, Ehtesham Sadiq, the son of the slain doctor, did not nominate his father in the murder case.
