In yet another case of a violent domestic incident, a man allegedly opened fire on his wife at a flat in Mobina Town neighbourhood of Karachi, killing her at the spot.
According to police, a suspect identified as Tanvir opened fire on his wife over a quarrel, resulting in her immediate death.
The victim is being identified as Amna and suffered a bullet wound on her head.The suspect fled from the scene and the police are tracing his whereabouts, they said.
The police said that Tanvir had two wives and locals informed them that the couple used to quarrel with each other regularly.
“We have recovered a 9mm pistol from the flat,” they said adding that the body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) for medical treatment, however, the post-mortem’s process was facing a delay owing to the absence of the female medico-legal officer (MLO).
In a similar act recently, a man allegedly killed his wife in Karachi’s Landhi’s Sherpao Colony for posting videos on social media app TikTok despite his objections.