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Pakistan: Man decapitates wife for refusing to quit job

Pakistan: Man decapitates wife for refusing to quit job

Aug 07, 2017
04:12 pm

What's the story

In a gruesome case of 'honor killing', a man in Pakistan's Punjab decapitated his wife for refusing to leave her job. According to reports, the woman was a laborer in a factory in Raiwind, but her husband was unhappy with it and kept asking her to quit. He has been on the run since he allegedly murdered her on August 6.

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What happened?

According to the victim's children, Nasreen was sleeping in her room in their house at Manga Mandi when her husband Afraheem walked into her room with a chopper, then locked it from inside. After sometime, he left the house. Then the children, with the help of neighbors, entered the room to find her head severed.

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Accused still on the run, manhunt on

Forensic teams have collected evidence from the crime scene and recorded statements of eyewitnesses, local media reported. The body has been transferred to a morgue for autopsy. Meanwhile, a hunt is on for the accused.