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Man burns wife to death in Kohat

KOHAT: A man on Tuesday allegedly burnt to death his wife after having a brawl with her in Mir Ahmed Khan here and fled.

The police said Fayyaz who was married to Madeeha two years back had very tense relation with his wife and used to beat her.

On Tuesday he sprinkled kerosene oil on her and burnt her to death. He tried to burry her without post mortem but his in-laws got suspicious and took the body to hospital for autopsy. Doctors confirmed that she had been burnt to death and had not died a natural death. The police registered murder case against Fayyaz and launched investigations.

Source: Dawn

Date:6/1/2011