Domestic Violence: Woman kills herself, baby
Police says the woman had a quarrel with her husband, who was reportedly a drug addict.
BAHAWALPUR:
A woman committed suicide late on Sunday by jumping in front of a moving train while carrying her infant daughter.
Police said the woman, a resident of Tibi Ghao, had had a quarrel with her husband, who was reportedly a drug addict. Police said he had beaten his wife.
They said she had taken their nine-month old daughter and jumped in front of the Awami Express train travelling from Lahore to Karachi.
The mother and daughter died on the spot.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 26th, 2013.
A woman committed suicide late on Sunday by jumping in front of a moving train while carrying her infant daughter.
Police said the woman, a resident of Tibi Ghao, had had a quarrel with her husband, who was reportedly a drug addict. Police said he had beaten his wife.
They said she had taken their nine-month old daughter and jumped in front of the Awami Express train travelling from Lahore to Karachi.
The mother and daughter died on the spot.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 26th, 2013.