Elderly man kills granddaughter over forced marriage dispute

An 80-year-old man allegedly stabbed his 25-year-old granddaughter to death for leaving her cousin-husband's house, with whom she was allegedly forced into a marriage. The incident occurred in village Adam Abro in Golarchi taluka of Badin district on Saturday. The suspect, identified as 80-year-old Adam Abro, later surrendered to the police.

According to Paras Memon, the in-charge of the Tarai police check post, the victim, 25-year-old Fehmida Abro, was beaten and stabbed. Fehmida had married a man of her choice last year and left her parents' house to live with him. However, the community elders intervened and dissolved the marriage. She was later forcibly remarried to one of her cousins and began living with him in Tando Muhammad Khan district a few months ago. Some days before her murder, she left her husband's home and returned to live with her parents in village Adam Abro.

The elderly grandfather allegedly stated that he was outraged by Fehmida's attempt to quit her family-arranged marriage.

The police suspect the involvement of other family members in the murder, but the investigation is still in its preliminary stage. The body was shifted to Taluka Hospital Golarchi and was later taken to Indus Hospital in Badin for a post-mortem examination. The FIR for the incident had not been registered by evening.