Man arrested for allegedly killing 15-day-old nephew

FAISALABAD   –  A man turned out to be the killer of her newly-born niece, in the limits of city Tandlianwala police station. Police said on Tuesday that a 15-day-old Dua Fatima went missing from a cradle at her house in Mohallah Mubarakpura Tandlianwala and the worried parents searched for her, but in vain. They reported the matter to the police. In the meantime, some people of the area spotted the body of baby lying in sewerage channel passing near the house and informed the police. The police took the body into custody and shifted it to mortuary for postmortem. On suspicion, the police took Asghar, the uncle of newly-born baby into custody who confessed to killing her niece. He told the police that he committed the crime as he thought that girls in his family were a bad omen for future. Further investigation was underway.

Newspaper: The Nation