Investigations: Court remands suspect who allegedly killed his infant daughter

KARACHI:

A judicial magistrate remanded on Monday a man, who allegedly killed his infant, to police custody on three-day physical remand.

The suspect, identified as Amir, was presented before a District South magistrate, Ejaz Ali Abro, by the police seeking his custody for interrogation. The investigating officer of the case told the judge that the suspect tortured his 11-month-old daughter to death over a domestic fight.

On the other hand, the suspect pleaded innocence but admitted that he had hit his daughter after engaging in a brawl with his wife. The suspect said that he had snatched the child from his wife and threw her on the bed. After that, he left for work, he added, claiming that he received a call from his office during the scene. Amir claims he is an employee of a cantonment board.

When he was at work, he received a call from home about the worsening condition of his daughter, the suspect told the judge. "I rushed home and found that my daughter was dead. I didn't kill her. How can I? She was my child," Amir added, remorsefully.

According to the investigators, the suspect, after confessing to the crime during initial questioning, kept changing his statement. Now he claims that his wife, who registered the complaint against him, is a psychiatric patient and she killed their daughter. The court sent the suspect to police custody on a three-day physical remand, seeking a progress report in the investigations of the case at the next hearing. The case, registered under Section 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code, is registered with the Surjani police.  

Published in The Express Tribune, November 24^th, 2015.