Marriage disputes take four lives
Man killed son, daughter in law, nephew and co-sister in law over domestic dispute.
KASUR (Dunya News) – Watta Satta (the simultaneous marriage of a brother-sister pair from two households) caused the death four persons, Dunya News reported.
Sonia of Mustafabad went to her parents’ house after a domestic dispute. Her husband Sikandar and father in law Sarfraz came over to take her back home but she didn’t agree following which the father in law allegedly turned violent and opened fire without realizing he wounded his own son as well.
Sonia and Sikandar were both wounded in the indiscriminatory firing and were rushed to the hospital.
Upon discovering both of them succumbed to injuries, Sarfraz allegedly again opened fire killing Sonia’s mother Razia Sultana and nephew Waqar Raza in the hospital.
The relatives of the deceased said that Watta Satta tradition has ruined two families. The police also exhibited the traditional slow response; man brought weapons to hospital after committing double homicide and shot dead two other people in the hospital.
The police was still unable to arrest the murderer of four persons and issued the usual statements that they’re looking into the matter.
