Bride Poisons Husband

Arranged marriages are a standard practice in Pakistan, and there's no shortage of stories about the extreme steps some Pakistani women will take to escape them and marry the men they choose.

A newly-wed woman who had allegedly poisoned five members of a family, including her husband, before fleeing away with their cash and jewellery was arrested by police at Jhinjhana town in Muzaffarnagar on Tuesday.The incident happened at Kishanpur village here on June 30 when Santosh alias Divya, who was part of a gang that sold her as a bride to f...

Arranged marriages are a standard practice in Pakistan, and there's no shortage of stories about the extreme steps some Pakistani women will take to escape them and marry the men they choose.

A newly-wed woman who had allegedly poisoned five members of a family, including her husband, before fleeing away with their cash and jewellery was arrested by police at Jhinjhana town in Muzaffarnagar on Tuesday.The incident happened at Kishanpur village here on June 30 when Santosh alias Divya, who was part of a gang that sold her as a bride to f...