KARACHI: A man shot dead his wife and committed suicide in the Gadap City area within the remit of the Gulshan-i-Maymar police station, officials said on Saturday.

They added that Kajol, 26, was shot and killed by her husband, Satram Das, 30, inside their home in Gadap City. Das also shot himself to death, said area SHO Ishtiaq Ghori. The incident occurred at around 1.30am.

The police recovered two spent bullet casings and one 9mm pistol from the crime scene. The officer added that the couple had a two-year-old son and they belonged to a well-off Hindu family. The exact motive for the murder and suicide could not be ascertained yet, the police added.

No one has approached the police for pursuing the case, said the officer.

Teenage maid’s murder

The Ferozabad police on Saturday registered a case against an employer and others for allegedly killing a teenage domestic servant.

The 13-year-old girl, Fauzia, was found hanging from a ceiling fan by police inside the home where she worked as a maid in PECHS on August 9, said Ferozabad SHO Aurangzeb Khattak.

The body was taken to the JPMC, where doctors in their initial findings also confirmed her death as suicide because apparently there were no torture or resistance mark on her body, added the officer.

However, the family did not believe the police and doctors’ version and insisted on pursuing the case legally.

Mr Khattak said that the police have registered a murder case against the employer, Nadeem, and two others and investigation has been launched. So far, no one has been arrested in the case.

Woman kills man

The Malir Cantonment police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a woman who alleged killed a man for refusing to marry her.

The body of a man, identified as Jawad, was found in Gulshan-i-Roomi on Friday.

The police with technical support and intelligence information conducted an action and arrested a woman, said Malir SSP Irfan Bahadur.

During the initial probe, the held suspect told the police that the victim had promised to marry her. When he refused to do so, she with the help of another person murdered Jawad in revenge.

Published in Dawn, August 25th, 2019