LODHRAN: In a tragic incident, a man killed a bride on her wedding day and then committed suicide, police said.
According to DSP Abid Hussain Bhalla, the victim, 20-year-old Sidra, had come to a beauty parlor to get ready for the wedding procession (baraat) when the accused attacked her.
The accused has been identified as Mudassar, the victim’s cousin (maternal son). After killing Sidra, he stabbed himself in the neck and died by suicide, the DSP added.
The incident took place in the Rajapur area, where the victim’s wedding procession was also present at the time.
According to police, initial investigations have revealed that Mudassar wanted to marry Sidra, but her family was arranging her wedding elsewhere.
Police have shifted both bodies to a hospital and started legal proceedings.
In a separate incident of honor killing, two people—including a woman and her alleged acquaintance—were shot dead by her brother-in-law in the Nasirabad district of Balochistan. The accused managed to flee the scene following the double murder, police officials confirmed on Thursday.
According to police sources, the incident occurred late Wednesday night in the Manjho Shori area of Nasirabad. The suspect, identified as the brother-in-law of the woman, allegedly opened fire on his sister-in-law, Mst. (name withheld as per victim’s identity, referred to as ‘AS’), and a man identified as Liaquat Ali.
The accused reportedly accused the two of blackmail and illicit relations, using the pretext of “honor” to justify the killings. After committing the crime, the suspect fled the scene, leaving the two bodies behind.
