A man was stoned to death and a married woman injured by her relatives in the name of ‘honour’ after the two were accused of having an affair.
According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sadiq Akbar, the woman’s father confessed to killing the 27-year-old man and injuring his daughter after finding them in an ‘objectionable position’. He said that he had done so in the name of ‘honour’.
When police reached the spot, they found the couple chained, with a noose around the woman’s neck. The man was already dead and the woman was injured, who was later shifted to the hospital.
Eye-witnesses claim the woman’s in-laws’ house was close to her uncle’s place where she was allegedly caught with the man. Her relatives called her parents to the house, they said.
Police said the woman’s husband worked abroad. The woman’s father and another relative have been arrested and an investigation is underway.
