Man ‘tortured to death by in-laws’
Victim was tied up by deranged suspects and beaten with an iron rod
DIJKOT:
A man was allegedly tortured to death by his in-laws in Dijkot on Sunday.
Athar Javed, a resident of Chak No 267RB, Jalandhar, got married six years ago to the sister of the suspects named Muhammad Ilyas and Samar Iqbal, the sons of Muhammad Ashraf, residents of 271RB, Magar Singh area.
The couple had three children. On the day of the incident, Athar was returning on a rickshaw after dropping off the college girls when his deranged in-laws Ilyas, Samar, Ashraf and Munawar Hussain, grabbed Athar from the road and took him to their house. At their house, the suspects tied him up and beat him up with iron rods and sticks. The victim was severely wounded due to the physical assault.
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