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Pakistani woman electrocuted to
death for eloping
Sunday January 23, 2011 12:34:23 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad:
A 20-year-old woman in Pakistan's Sindh province was electrocuted
to death as punishment for eloping with a man, police said.
The incident took place in a village near Musafirkhana town in
Sindh province.
Police said that Saima, of Basti Hakra, allegedly eloped with a
man, Dilawar, who works in Karachi.
Her parents brought her back from Karachi Friday morning and
electrocuted her at night after the village council, which mostly
comprised of their relatives, ordered that she be executed,
Express Tribune reported Sunday.
Police got to know about the incident Saturday when the woman's
body was about to be buried. A police team reached the place and
seized the body.
Saima's relatives claimed that she had committed suicide by
ingesting pesticides.
Police officer Babar Bakht Qureshi said the initial autopsy
carried out by a lady doctor suggests that the victim had either
been electrocuted or burnt through boiling water or both.
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