LAHORE - The mother of an eight-day-old baby girl was found stabbed to death at her apartment located in the Green Town police limits on Thursday.
Police investigators said that 23-year-old Rukhsana Bibi was suffering from insanity and she could have stabbed herself to death. The police moved the body to morgue for autopsy and are investigating.
She married Muhammad Ashfaq, said to be a mechanic, four years ago. The woman, who delivered a baby girl eight days ago, was residing along with her in-laws at Green Town area. Her husband told the police that only Rukhsana along with the baby girl was present in the apartment when she repeatedly stabbed herself after picking up a knife from the room. Separately, two people were shot dead over old enmity in Baghbanpura. Police said that Shan alias Shani, 18, and Murtaza, 40, were gunned down by their rivals near Shadipura when they were on their way home on a motorcycle. Police have registered the double murder case against Zafari Nutt and his gunmen and are investigating with no arrest made yet. Police investigators said that the deceased men had developed enmity with Zafri Nutt.