Teenage girl axed to death for ‘honour’ in Kasur
KASUR: An 18-year-old girl was allegedly axed to death in the name of honour in the Jalo village on Thursday. Police claimed that Amina Bibi had allegedly eloped with a man of the same village and contracted marriage with him against the wishes of her family some 15 days back. Later, a village council, headed by a local political figure, decided to return Amina Bibi to her family, and as a…
A 18-year-old girl, Amina Bibi, was allegedly murdered in Kasur's Jalo village in what police described as an "honour" killing on Thursday. The young woman is believed to have eloped with a man from her own village and married him without her family's consent, an act that reportedly infuriated her relatives. In response, the village council decided to return Amina to her family, and as a punishment, the man's family was instructed to give the hand of a woman in marriage to one of Amina's kin.
On Thursday, according to police, Amina had a confrontation with her family members, during which she was allegedly attacked with an axe. The girl suffered severe injuries and died en route to a hospital. The Changa Manga Police have recovered a body from a house in Teerath village, which they claim is that of an unidentified woman in her 40s, whose body had been decomposing for about five days.
The police have arrested the owner of the house, Muhabbat Ali, and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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