A recently married
Pakistani woman died after her in-laws forced her to drink acid, for bringing
what they considered to be insufficient dowry, police said on Tuesday.
The
crime occurred Monday in the Daska area of Punjab province. Police
official Rana Riaz said 25-year-old Takreem Bibi was married on September 4,
and her in-laws were angry about her dowry.
“She
was taken to hospital, where she died due to internal injuries caused by acid
consumption,” he said.
Raiz
told newsmen that the police were still trying to track down Bibi’s husband in
connection to the crime.
The
killing of women for lack of dowry is common in Pakistan.
Last
week, 26-year-old woman was poisoned to death by her husband in the same
region, Daska, for not bringing enough dowry
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