A man in Okara has been arrested after his wife was allegedly electrocuted to death at their home in the Ahmed Nagar area of the city, police said on Sunday.
The woman, identified as Misbah, died after her husband Tanveer allegedly electrocuted her with the help of four named men and three others who have not yet been identified, according to the first information report.
The case was registered at Cantonment Police Station on the complaint of Misbah’s mother. Police said Tanveer, the prime suspect in the case, has been arrested.
According to the report, Tanveer frequently quarrelled with his wife over his wish to marry for a second time. Police said that dispute was the motive behind the killing, as stated in the complaint.
Raids are under way at several locations to arrest the remaining suspects, police said. The case is under investigation, and the account in the report has not yet been tested in court. No further details about how the electrocution was carried out have been released.
The complaint was lodged by the woman’s mother, who named her son-in-law as the prime suspect. The four named accomplices and the three unidentified men are also accused in the case, and police said raids were continuing at several locations on Sunday evening to trace them.
