Father kills minor daughter

Suspect killed Maryam by putting a pillow on her face

SAMUNDARI:

A man killed his minor daughter in to take revenge from his ex-wife on Saturday.

The father killed his six-year-old daughter by putting a pillow on her face. Police arrested the father after registering the case and sent him to the jail.

The complainant Kiran Bibi, a resident of Chak 108 GB, told police that she got married to Saleem eight years ago, a resident of the same village.

She told police that her husband divorced her after a quarrel and kept their daughter with him.

She said that her husband was threatening her to stay at her house even after divorce, which she refused.

She told police that out of resentment the suspect killed her daughter Maryam by putting a pillow on her face while she was sleeping.

The police rushed to the spot on receiving information and took action and arrested the suspect Saleem. A case was registered against him under Sections of 302 Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) on the statement of the victim’s mother.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 16^th, 2022.