Man kills daughter to ‘appease’ new wife

Tells police she was jealous of the child's beauty

LARKANA:

A man allegedly killed his eight-year-old daughter because his second wife was jealous of the child's beauty. Police said that Naveed Khuhawar confessed during interrogation that he killed the child, who had blue eyes and a fair complexion, because his second wife was 'sick of her beauty and wanted him to get rid of her'.

Khuhawar's told police that he had a son and daughter with his first wife who he had divorced. His son was living with Khuhawar's sister. Investigators added that Khuhawar had asked his relatives to adopt the girl. But when everyone refused and his wife threatened to leave him, he threw the girl in the Indus River and faked her disappearance, Khuhawar told investigators.

The girl had been missing since October and the family had been protesting for greater efforts to the find the missing girl. Last month, the chief justice of the Sindh High Court took notice of the case and sought a detailed report. The court summoned the Larkana senior superintendent of police along with investigation officer of the case and instructed them to submit a report to the court in person. It resulted in an accelerated investigation for which the girl's father and some other relatives were detained and interrogated.

It was during this interrogation that Khuhawar confessed to the crime, police said. The accused said his second wife had threatened to leave me if his "blue-eyed" daughter was not taken care. Finding no other way out, he told police, he threw the innocent girl into the river and remained silent.