Bad blood: Father throws three children in canal
Villagers fished out the body of his daughters
File photo.
RENALA KHURD:
A man threw his three children into a canal after an argument with his wife on Saturday.
A police spokesperson said Safia had taken three children and gone back to living with her parents Rajowal after an argument her husband Haji Mumtaz a few months ago.
He said on Saturday, Mumtaz picked his son seven-year-old-son and two daughters from school at noon on a motorbike and took them to lower Bari Doab Canal near University of Education and pushed them into the canal before he ran away.
The spokesperson said his son swam to safety and called for help. Villagers fished out the body of his daughters.
Police and Rescue 1122 were searching for the second girl when this report was filed. A case has been registered.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 10th, 2015.
A man threw his three children into a canal after an argument with his wife on Saturday.
A police spokesperson said Safia had taken three children and gone back to living with her parents Rajowal after an argument her husband Haji Mumtaz a few months ago.
He said on Saturday, Mumtaz picked his son seven-year-old-son and two daughters from school at noon on a motorbike and took them to lower Bari Doab Canal near University of Education and pushed them into the canal before he ran away.
The spokesperson said his son swam to safety and called for help. Villagers fished out the body of his daughters.
Police and Rescue 1122 were searching for the second girl when this report was filed. A case has been registered.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 10th, 2015.