Woman arrested for ‘killing infant son’
Police say woman strangled her son due to child custody dispute with in-laws
At least 27 murder cases were reported to police during the three months of May, June and July this year. PHOTO: APP
ISLAMABAD:
Police have arrested a woman who allegedly strangled her six weeks old son to death due to a child custody dispute with her in-laws.
Sidra Parveen, the suspect, was arrested after her pre-arrest bail plea was rejected by the Additional District and Sessions Judge (East), Wajid Ali, on Saturday.
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Shahzad Town police had registered a murder case against Parveen for allegedly murdering her infant son Hashir due to a child custody dispute with her in-laws on August 18.
Police say Sidra was married to Adnan Rasheed, the complainant, but had left her in-laws due to a family dispute and was living with her parents at Chatha Bakhtawar.
She had demanded divorce but the boy’s father and her in-laws had demanded custody of the child.
On August 16, the in-laws were informed that the child had expired.
Rasheed, however, suspected that his son might have been killed and lodged a complaint with the police.
Police say a post-mortem carried out at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) found that the child had been strangled to death.
Following the post-mortem, the police held Parveen’s father Muhammad Sabir and her brother Danyal.
Police say during interrogation Sabir allegedly confessed that Hashir was strangled to death by Parveen.
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But before the police could arrest Parveen, she obtained interim bail from the court.
The court, however, rejected the pre-arrest bail plea after hearing the arguments and examining the case record on Saturday.
Parveen was arrested following the rejection of her bail application. The court also rejected post-arrest bail application of Sabir.
Sabir is in jail on judicial remand.
Danyal’s post-arrest bail plea, however, was accepted against surety bonds of Rs50,000.
Meanwhile, police are yet to arrest a man who clubbed his father to death in Pind Begwal within the jurisdiction of Banigala police on September 16.
Police say they are on the lookout for Rehmat Ali, the suspect.
Giving details of the incident, a police officer said that Ali was taking shower in a makeshift bathroom at the family’s residence at a farm when Irshad Ghani, his father, pulled out the water pipe.
An argument followed.
Police say in the evening that day, the two argued and fought again during which Ali hit Ghani with a rod and killed him.
Police have registered a murder case against Ali on the complaint of Muhammad Hanif, his paternal uncle.
The family hailed from Mardan District and worked as labourers here.
A police official said that the family had taken the body to Mardan for burial.
He said police would obtain information about the suspect from the family when they returned from Mardan and would trace him.
It is pertinent to note here that murder rate in the capital has witnessed an alarming increase in recent months.
At least 27 murder cases were reported to police during the three months of May, June and July this year.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 19th, 2016.
Police have arrested a woman who allegedly strangled her six weeks old son to death due to a child custody dispute with her in-laws.
Sidra Parveen, the suspect, was arrested after her pre-arrest bail plea was rejected by the Additional District and Sessions Judge (East), Wajid Ali, on Saturday.
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Shahzad Town police had registered a murder case against Parveen for allegedly murdering her infant son Hashir due to a child custody dispute with her in-laws on August 18.
Police say Sidra was married to Adnan Rasheed, the complainant, but had left her in-laws due to a family dispute and was living with her parents at Chatha Bakhtawar.
She had demanded divorce but the boy’s father and her in-laws had demanded custody of the child.
On August 16, the in-laws were informed that the child had expired.
Rasheed, however, suspected that his son might have been killed and lodged a complaint with the police.
Police say a post-mortem carried out at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) found that the child had been strangled to death.
Following the post-mortem, the police held Parveen’s father Muhammad Sabir and her brother Danyal.
Police say during interrogation Sabir allegedly confessed that Hashir was strangled to death by Parveen.
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But before the police could arrest Parveen, she obtained interim bail from the court.
The court, however, rejected the pre-arrest bail plea after hearing the arguments and examining the case record on Saturday.
Parveen was arrested following the rejection of her bail application. The court also rejected post-arrest bail application of Sabir.
Sabir is in jail on judicial remand.
Danyal’s post-arrest bail plea, however, was accepted against surety bonds of Rs50,000.
Meanwhile, police are yet to arrest a man who clubbed his father to death in Pind Begwal within the jurisdiction of Banigala police on September 16.
Police say they are on the lookout for Rehmat Ali, the suspect.
Giving details of the incident, a police officer said that Ali was taking shower in a makeshift bathroom at the family’s residence at a farm when Irshad Ghani, his father, pulled out the water pipe.
An argument followed.
Police say in the evening that day, the two argued and fought again during which Ali hit Ghani with a rod and killed him.
Police have registered a murder case against Ali on the complaint of Muhammad Hanif, his paternal uncle.
The family hailed from Mardan District and worked as labourers here.
A police official said that the family had taken the body to Mardan for burial.
He said police would obtain information about the suspect from the family when they returned from Mardan and would trace him.
It is pertinent to note here that murder rate in the capital has witnessed an alarming increase in recent months.
At least 27 murder cases were reported to police during the three months of May, June and July this year.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 19th, 2016.