Young bride in Pakistan accused of killing 15 relatives in bungled plot to poison husband

A young bride has been arrested for allegedly killing 15 of her in-laws who died after drinking poisoned milk she had prepared to murder her husband.

Newlywed Aasia Bibi, 21, was forced into an arranged marriage with 25-year-old groom Amjad Akram in September in the Punjab province, south-west Pakistan.

But Bibi, who was reportedly unhappy in the match and loved another man, is accused of adding poison to her husband’s glass of milk two months into the marriage.

The young woman’s mother-in-law then used the glass of milk to make Lassi, a yoghurt-based drink, for the whole family.

According to the Mail, 27 people were served the dangerous drink and 15 people are thought to have died in hospital, although the exact number of deaths remain unclear.

The rest are in a critical condition following the incident, which happened in Daulat Paur in Muzaffargarh.

Police reportedly said that Bibi claimed the milk had become tainted by a lizard which had fallen into the glass.

Speaking to reporters, Bibi denied all the allegations facing her.