Pakistani wife kills husband, 12 others with poisoned lassi


Police said Asiya Bibi mixed poison into her husband's milk last week but he initially failed to drink it and it was instead blended into a batch of yoghurt-based lassi and served to the man's family.PHOTO: AFP.

MULTAN, PAKISTAN: A Pakistani woman who gave her husband poisoned milk ended up killing him and 12 of his family members when the tainted liquid was turned into a yoghurt drink and served to him and his relatives, police said.

The woman, who was forced by her family into an arranged marriage in September, has been arrested and charged with murder along with her alleged lover, senior police official Owais Ahmad told reporters in central Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district on Monday (Oct 30).

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