Addict Strangles Minor Daughter Over Drug Money

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TOBA TEK SINGH: A drug addict allegedly strangled his five-year-old daughter in Jaranwala tehsil, Chak 240 GB, after his wife refused to give him money to buy narcotics.

The wife of suspect Zakir Hussain told police that the suspect, in a fit of anger, grabbed his daughter Aliya Bibi and strangled her. Jaranwala City police have arrested the suspect.

Published in Dawn, March 17th, 2025

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