Girl killed by brother, father
A 12-year-old innocent child was killed by none other than her own brother and father allegedly to trap their relatives in a murder case.
The horrific incident came to fore in the Sinjhoro precinct of Sanghar where a man in connivance with his father allegedly killed his 12 years old sister by slitting her throat to implicate his in-laws in the murder case.
Sinjhoro police station SHO Ghulam Shabbir Dalwani, told the media that Malik Shaikh and his father Qasim Shaikh blamed Malik's in-laws Liaquat Shaikh and Riaz Shaikh for the murder. However, the police found lack of evidence against the accused persons and began to interrogate Malik and his father after which they confessed to the crime.
The police arrested the two and lodged an FIR under sections of murder.
Women and girls remain vulnerable to murder at the slightest whim of their male relatives in Sindh and other areas of the country.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 26th, 2021.