LARKANA, May 18: A woman was shot dead in Ratodero by three persons on the pretext of Karo-kari on Sunday.

Shamshad, wife of Khan Mohammad Khokhar, was killed while she was working in her house in the Jogi locality, allegedly by Punhal, her close relative, Ejaz and Abdul Latif, on the ground that she had illicit relations with a man, Suleman Khokhar.

The Ratodero police registered an FIR against the three accused.