Mother-in-law, 90, suspected in murder

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Mother-in-law, 90, suspected in murder

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A Pakistani woman was doused with petrol and burned alive in a dispute.

11 April,2012 08:14 pm

Police said Wednesday her 90-year-old mother-in-law is among those named as suspects.Mother-of-one Sobia Bibi, 25, died after she was attacked while watching television in the house she shared with her in-laws, investigating officer Sub-Inspector Muhammad Hussain said.Hussain said a case had been registered against four people over the March 27 attack in a village in Narowal district, northeast of the eastern city of Lahore, including the victims 90-year-old mother-in-law.Sobia Bibi had a good relationship with her husband, who was working in Karachi at the time of the attack, Hussain said, but had frequently quarrelled with his family.