MITHI: The body of a 20-year-old woman was taken out from a well near Islamkot town on Friday and handed over to her heirs after legal formalities.

Area police quoting her relatives said that Ms Rahiman, wife of Jaffer Lanjo, had been ill for the last few years and gradually lost her mental balance. Residents of Meenyo Lanjo village of Islamkot tehsil, her heirs claimed that she jumped into the well to end her life.

Published in Dawn June 27th, 2015

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