Woman stabs six-week old daughter to death

Family says woman had been disturbed ever since she gave birth

RAWALPINDI: A woman stabbed her six-week-old daughter to death on Saturday in her Rawalpindi home. Her family said that she was mentally unwell.

Civil Lines police stated that they received a call about 10:30 am that Mehwish had killed her daughter in their home in Tahli Morri.

Talking to The Express Tribune, Civil Lines Police SHO Imran Abbas said that investigators had seen at least three stab wounds to the girl’s abdomen and chest caused by a sharp object. However, he said that police would wait for a postmortem report before confirming the cause of death.



Abbas added that the police had registered a murder case against the mother on the complaint of Adnan, the father of the deceased girl.

Moreover, he said that they had taken the woman into custody since she had confessed to her crime.

Abbas further said that police would send Mehwish for a complete medical examination to determine her mental state. Talking to the media, Adnan said that he was not at home when the incident took place. He added that she had previously tried to commit suicide as well.

Moreover, the woman’s family, including her father Sultan and brother Shahzad  said that Mehwish had been unwell since she gave birth.



Stray bullet kills man

In another incident, a man was killed after he was struck by a stray bullet in Chuntra village. Umair Bukhari was attending a Mehndi in the village when some guests resorted to aerial firing. One of the bullets struck him in his neck, killing him instantly.

Bukhari’s father filed a murder case against unidentified people.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 2^nd, 2017.