KARACHI:
A man stabbed his wife and infant daughter to death during a domestic dispute in Karachi’s Gizri neighborhood.
The incident took place near Noorani Mosque in Upper Gizri’s Baloch Para where the accused, identified as Samiullah, is said to have attacked his family with a sharp weapon.
Police have registered a case of murder under Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code at Clifton police station on the complaint of Faisal Khan, son of Naik Muhammad, brother of the deceased woman. According to the FIR, the victims were identified as 43-year-old Kulsoom, wife of the accused, and their 11-year-old daughter, Maryam.
In his statement to the police, Faisal Khan, a resident of Gulshan-e-Nabeel, Hub Chowk, said his sister lived with her family near the Noorani Mosque in Upper Gizri. He received information that his brother-in-law had stabbed Kulsoom and Maryam at their residence. When he reached the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, he learned that both the victims had been taken to the hospital after the attack.
The complainant further stated that the incident took place at around 21:30 on 5 December, when the defendant allegedly attacked his wife and daughter with a knife. He urged the police to initiate a trial against the suspect.
Police officials said the accused allegedly killed his wife on the spot and critically injured his daughter. Both were shifted to Jinnah Hospital in a Chhipa ambulance.
SHO Clifton Imran Saad reached the crime scene, arrested the accused and recovered the alleged murder weapon. Police later confirmed the identity of the deceased and moved the suspect to the police station for further investigation.
Police said preliminary investigations suggest the double homicide was the result of a domestic dispute.
