Cowardly way out: Father murders children, tries to kill himself
The police have registered a case against Munaf on behalf of his brother-in-law, Idress.
According to the police, Munaf holds the government and society responsible for his actions. “Everyone knows how my family was suffering. I was unemployed for the last seven months and deep in debt,” Munaf told The Express Tribune from the police lock-up. The funeral prayers for the deceased were offered at the local Masjid and later they were laid to rest at the Mewa Shah graveyard. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
Mohammad Munaf, 40, who used to film wedding ceremonies, has now been booked for the murder of his two minor children - three-year-old Amna alias Ayela and ten-year-old Hammad.
Currently behind bars at the Garden police station, Munaf confessed to strangling his kids over poverty and unemployment inside his small house near Fawara Chowk late Saturday night.
The incident caught the attention of the neighbours and the police when Munaf started screaming from the top of the three-storey building with the supposed intention to commit suicide. “It took us at least half an hour to convince him not to jump,” ASP Ghulam Murtaza Malik told The Express Tribune. “During the time we were negotiating with him to come down, Munaf also borrowed and smoked two cigarettes.” Eventually, he backed away from the ledge and the police took him into custody.
According to the police, Munaf holds the government and society responsible for his actions. “Everyone knows how my family was suffering. I was unemployed for the last seven months and deep in debt,” Munaf told The Express Tribune from the police lock-up. The funeral prayers for the deceased were offered at the local Masjid and later they were laid to rest at the Mewa Shah graveyard.
Meanwhile, the police have registered a case against Munaf on behalf of his brother-in-law, Idress.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 2nd, 2013.
Mohammad Munaf, 40, who used to film wedding ceremonies, has now been booked for the murder of his two minor children - three-year-old Amna alias Ayela and ten-year-old Hammad.
Currently behind bars at the Garden police station, Munaf confessed to strangling his kids over poverty and unemployment inside his small house near Fawara Chowk late Saturday night.
The incident caught the attention of the neighbours and the police when Munaf started screaming from the top of the three-storey building with the supposed intention to commit suicide. “It took us at least half an hour to convince him not to jump,” ASP Ghulam Murtaza Malik told The Express Tribune. “During the time we were negotiating with him to come down, Munaf also borrowed and smoked two cigarettes.” Eventually, he backed away from the ledge and the police took him into custody.
According to the police, Munaf holds the government and society responsible for his actions. “Everyone knows how my family was suffering. I was unemployed for the last seven months and deep in debt,” Munaf told The Express Tribune from the police lock-up. The funeral prayers for the deceased were offered at the local Masjid and later they were laid to rest at the Mewa Shah graveyard.
Meanwhile, the police have registered a case against Munaf on behalf of his brother-in-law, Idress.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 2nd, 2013.