Teacher ‘stabs’ 12-year-old girl student to death in Rawalpindi

The victim’s parents had barred him from teaching their daughter over ‘suspicions’

RAWALPINDI:

A man allegedly stabbed a 12-year-old girl to death on Marble Factor Road in the limits of Rata Amral police station on Monday. The culprit escaped after committing the crime but later in the day the police arrested him with the murder weapon.

Police said that the 21-year-old teacher named Adil from Abbottabad used to visit the victim’s house to teach her the Holy Quran.

A few days ago, the girl's parents barred him from teaching their daughter over “suspicions”, according to the police complaint.

On Monday, when the girl went to the tuition center, Adil also reached there and stabbed her with a sharp object in neck, killing her on the spot.

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Soon after receiving information about the incident, the police rushed to the spot, collected the evidence, and shifted the girl's body to the hospital for postmortem.

Taking notice of the killing, CPO Umar Saeed Malik instructed senior police officials to reach the spot. SP Rawal Babar Javed Joya said that the accused has been arrested along with the murder weapon. He added that evidence has been collected from the scene.

The SP said that the accused admitted that the girl's family was suspicious that's why he killed her.

He added that they were investigating the case from all angles.

Woman killed for ‘honour’

Meanwhile, a man has stabbed his 22-year-old daughter to death in the name of honour at their house in Chakri area in the limits of Chauntra police station.

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After receiving information about the murder, the police rushed to the spot and took the body into their custody. The suspect fled after committing the crime. 

SHO Chauntra Yasir Mahmood said that Imtiaz killed his daughter Rizwana over suspicion of having an illicit relation with a man. A case has been registered against Imtiaz and police are looking into the case.