LAHORE: A man killed his sister-in-law to hide the infidelity, whereas he has been arrested by the police along with his friend.

The body of 27-year-old Rubina Naz was found in a sack in an open sewage drain in Lahore’s Ghalib Market a few days earlier.

DSP Shahzad Rafique said, “Sarfaraz murdered Rubina with his friend to hide his extramarital affair and disposed of her body in a sewer. The two allegedly had a fight when Sarfaraz didn’t fulfill his promise to marry Rubina.”

Rafique added that the accused were arrested with the help of the details of call records, they were found linked to Sarfaraz.

Sarfaraz told the police that he had held Rubina as a captive in an apartment in Kot Lakhpat for 11 months.

A case has been registered against Sarfaraz and Javed at Ghalib Market police station under section 302 (murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code.