KARACHI - A mentally-sick woman slaughtered her six-year-old daughter and burnt her body at her house in Landhi area on Sunday.
The victim was identified as six-year-old Aroosh. Amber’s husband Aamir, a worker at a garments shop, told police officials that his spouse was mentally sick. She recently came back home after remaining under treatment at a hospital for a month. Hamid was not available at the house at the time of the incident. Police have arrested the woman and recovered the knife used in slaughtering the child.
SHO Khalid Nadeem Baig, while quoting the accused woman, said she did it when she got some kind of spiritual instructions in her dream.
The victim was a nursery class student. Her two brothers were also present at the house, but they remained safe.
The victim’s body was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for autopsy.