Teenage girl allegedly kills ‘incestuous’ father
In an unprecedented incident in Gujjarpura area of the provincial capital, a teenage girl allegedly shot dead her father “over sexually assaulting her”, police said.
They said the victim, Bilal Khan, a tailor by profession, had been asleep in his house when his daughter allegedly shot him in the head, killing him instantly.
The incident happened at around 6 a.m. The family got awakened by the loud sound of the gunshot.
They could not comprehend what had transpired. But when they learnt about the incident, they allegedly tried to avoid reporting the matter to the police who were eventually alerted by a neighbour at noon.
Senior police officers, including the SP of Civil Lines, Hassan Bhatti, arrived at the crime scene and arrested the suspect, her mother, brother and a neighbour.
Police launched the investigations into the matter keeping in view different angles.
As they grilled the suspect, she allegedly made the horrifying revelation that her father had been raping her for the last three to four months.
She allegedly took hold of his father’s gun and shot him dead. Police claimed to have recovered the gun.
DSP Sohail Kazmi said that they had registered a case, arrested the suspect and investigating the matter further.
This case appeared to be a unique case in which a girl had to kill her father for outraging her modesty.
Most of the cases reported in the city at regular intervals pertained to men murdering their daughters for honour. Even in cases of incest, the suspects were mostly stepfathers.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 23rd, 2023.