Infanticide: Accused remanded in police custody

Hayat’s wife alleges that he tossed their daughter into the river after they had a fight a few days ago.

LAHORE:


A man accused of deliberately throwing his two-year-old daughter in the River Ravi has been remanded in police custody for five days.


Shahdara police produced Umar Hayat, a driver, before a judicial magistrate on Wednesday. Hayat’s wife, Sumera Bibi, alleges that he tossed their daughter, Zainab, into the river after they had a fight a few days ago.


Published in The Express Tribune, September 12th, 2013.
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