Man in Swat arrested after killing wife for honour
SWAT: A man was arrested for murdering his wife in the name of honour in Swat’s Fatehpur on Friday.
He was identified as Fazal Khaliq. The police said he first strangled his wife with a cloth due to which she lost consciousness. He then killed her with a rock.
“He has been charged with Section 311 (applicable in cases where there’s no compromise regarding the case as a whole) and murder,” said DSP Habibullah. The case is being investigated further.
Khaliq reportedly admitted to murdering his wife upon interrogation by the police. “I was too angry and my mind had stopped working,” the police quoted him saying.
A case has been registered against him and he will appear before a court on today, December 28.
