Sons 'torture, murder' father in Karachi
"Our father had started shouting and quarrelling on petty issues," say sons
May 15, 2025
KARACHI: In a shocking incident, two heartless sons allegedly tortured and murdered their own father in Federal B Area of Karachi.
The suspects were apprehended by the police while attempting to dispose of the body, which they had stuffed into a sack.
Police said the two individuals on a motorcycle were transporting the sack to discard it, when police stopped them for a routine check in Jauharabad area of FB Area Block 15. Upon opening the sack, police found the body of a man.
The arrested individuals confessed that the deceased was their father, Khawar Anjum, whom they had killed by torturing and strangling. The victim, Anjum, was a Unani practitioner (hakeem) and originally hailed from Mirpur Khas. He resided with his two sons in a room at Madrassa Zakaria Khairia.
The two sons, identified as Ibrahim and Afzal, have been taken into custody. Police are currently conducting further investigations to ascertain the exact motives behind this heinous crime.
When inquired, the sons said they killed their father for his treating them badly and forcing them to return to the village, while they wanted to stay in the city.
“Our father had started shouting and quarrelling on petty issues,” they said.
