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Pakistani police are investigating whether a jealous wife ordered the recent murder of an elderly British man in Kashmir, in a case that spotlights polygamy among dual nationals in the region.
Jumma Khan, 70, was shot on the doorstep of his home in Mirpur, in Pakistan-run Kashmir.
His family claim his second wife - in England at the time - arranged the October murder.
Senior police official Raja Azhar Iqbal said Khan's eldest son from his marriage to his second wife, plus two of the wife's brothers, had been arrested and bailed in connection with the killing.
"We are investigating the case on two aspects: property and love jealousy," he said. "We have not reached firm conclusions, but it is likely his third marriage could be the reason for his death."
Khan married Fatima Bibi in 1963, fathering six children, who live in Britain. In 1981 he divorced and married Zubaida Bibi, having four more children. In May, he took another wife - Asia Bibi, 40, from Rawalpindi. It was at this point that Khan's friends claim he began to fear for his life.
Shakeel Hussain Jumma, 40, Khan's son from his first marriage, said his father, who lived in Wakefield, in Britain, had developed "serious differences" with his second wife. "During a family function in Britain, people heard his second wife making veiled threats to him," Jumma said.
Mohammad Imran, 28, the eldest son from Khan's second marriage, who has been bailed over the murder, denied his side of the family were involved. "We are innocent," he said.
Islam permits men to take up to four wives; polygamy is illegal in Britain, but authorities can do little to stop it happening abroad.
The British High Commission in Islamabad said it was offering consular assistance to the Kahns.


Polygamy put under spotlight after British Pakistan's murder in Kashmir

Shakeel Hussain, eldest son of Jumma Khan, prays at the grave of his father in Mirpur. Photo: AFP

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