A judicial magistrate on 01-July-2025 sent a suspect to prison on judicial remand in a case pertaining to setting his wife on fire.
The suspect, Rab Rakhio, has been booked by Saeedabad police on charge of attempted murder. The investigating officer produced the held suspect before the judicial magistrate (West) on completion of his physical remand and requested an extension in his remand for further investigation.
The IO stated that during interrogation, the suspect confessed to committing the crime. He added that the suspect would be further questioned to determine the underlying motives behind his actions. However, the magistrate turned down the IO’s plea for further physical remand and sent the suspect to jail with direction to the police officer to submit a charge-sheet within a stipulated time.
An FIR has been registered on the complaint of a woman, Uroosa, who alleged that on June 10, she and her husband had a quarrel after he questioned her about talking to someone on the phone. She said she returned to her parents’ house after he beat her.
The woman said the next morning, June 11, while she was asleep at her parents’ home, her husband came and threw a bottle filled with petrol on her and set her ablaze. He then attempted suicide by slashing his own throat with a blade.
Published in News Daily on 02-July-2025.