SHANGLA: A man killed his wife for honour in Chakesar tehsil here, the police said on Friday.

An FIR registered with the Chakesar police station stated that Faridullah, 40, a resident of Gunangar area, on Friday presented himself to the police for shooting dead his wife on Thursday.

The man stated in the FIR that he had got married to the woman eight years ago in Karachi and then lived in his village. He said they had gone to Karachi six months ago where her wife developed illicit relations with other men. He said he repeatedly asked her to refrain from it. The accused said after she didn’t listen to his pleas he decided to take her to his village and kill her.

On Friday, he said they reached Thakot from Karachi and took a rickshaw from there for their village. However, he said on their way, she came to know about his intentions, stopped the rickshaw and attempted to flee. He said when she reached the bank of the river he shot her in the chest. As a result, she fell down into the river.

The police after recording his statement registered a case under sections 302 and 311 of PPC and began further interrogations.

INJURED: Twenty-seven persons, including women and children, were injured in two separate traffic accidents on Friday.

Police said a van coming from Puran Aloch to Chowga area fell into a ravine, injuring 21 persons. The injured, including women, children and elderly, were returning homes after Eid shopping in Aloch. The injured were shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Puran. Five of the injured were referred to a hospital in Swat.

In another accident, a jeep with six passengers on board fell into a ravine in Kaho Mayar area of Dehrai.

Rescue 1122 officials said all the injured belong to same family. They said the family was returning home after Eid shopping in Dehrai Bazaar.

The injured were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital, Alpuri.

Published in Dawn, April 22nd, 2023