MIRPURKHAS: The Model Criminal Trial Court of Mirpurkhas on Friday sentenced to death a man after he was proved guilty of killing his wife in 2020. He was also ordered to pay a fine of Rs500,000.

The trial court judge said in his judgement that the prosecution successfully proved its case against Kewal Kolhi, who had killed his wife, Marri Kolhi, with repeated blows of a club in 2020. A case was registered against him at the Taluka police station on the complaint of the woman’s father, Bheemo Kolhi.

The convict was escorted to the Mirpurkhas Central Prison after the judgement was pronounced.

Published in Dawn, April 8th, 2023

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