Father throws minor daughters into river in Gujranwala

GUJRANWALA: A father threw two minor daughters into river near Gujranwala early Friday morning, Geo News reported on Saturday.

According to the police, the incident occurred in Chicharwali.

The police have arrested the prime suspect, a resident of Saleem Colony.

The father confessed that he threw his daughters into the river as he wasn’t able to provide for them financially.

The daughters have been identified as one-year-old Zainab and two-year-old Hiram. The body of one daughter has been recovered while the search for the other daughter is under way.

The rescue in-charge told Geo News that the operation was stopped halfway as it got too dark. The operation was started early morning the next day.

On June 3, police had arrested a man, identified as 40-year-old Ahmed Yar, for killing his three underage daughters and attempting to murder his wife in a village in Arifwala district.

Father kills three underage daughters in Arifwala

He also attacked his wife with a sharp edged instrument

According to the police, Ahmed Yar, a resident of 83 IB village, had a domestic dispute with his wife, Shakeela, after which his wife went to live with her side of the family.

Ahmed Yar then strangulated his three daughters, identified as 11-year-old Zainab, 7-year-old Zameera and 5-year-old Maryam and travelled to his in-laws’ house and attacked his wife with a sharp edged instrument.

As he was escaping, he was caught by the neighbours and handed over to the police.