The victim was identified as Diana Christo Khan by the police. They added that the suspect, Kazim Khan, was alone while burying his wife’s body in the graveyard.

The police have claimed to have recovered the weapon used in the murder from the suspect’s possession.

The body has been shifted to morgue for the post-mortem examination.

“We got a call from a gravedigger about a man who had come to the graveyard and was trying to bury a body without a shroud or funeral rites,” the arresting officer Muhammad Nadeem told AFP in a report published on August 15.

“When we got to the scene we saw the body was completely uncovered and it looked suspicious.”

A US State Department spokesperson confirmed the death of a US citizen in Lahore.

“We are in contact with the family and are providing all appropriate consular assistance,” the spokesperson said.

Kazim Kamal Khan was deported from the United States after the 9/11 attacks and became estranged from his wife and their daughter who stayed behind, police said.

He allegedly recently lured his wife to Pakistan by claiming to be gravely ill.

Diana Christo Khan’s body had visible trauma to the head and bruises on the neck, according to an incident report.

The body has been sent for a postmortem to identify the exact cause of death.

(With input from AFP)