BAHAWALPUR: Mailsi Saddar police in Vehari district claimed on October 4 to have arrested a six-month pregnant woman for the brutal murder of her infant nephew in Sorosani locality.
Reports said Najma suspected that the mother of her two-and-a-half-year-old nephew Hadi was jealous of her pregnancy and would use ‘spiritual means’ to cause her unborn baby to die, as her previous two children had not survived. Fearing her third child might also not live, Najma decided to take revenge.
Police said Najma took the child to nearby fields, where she allegedly administered acid to him, strangled him, and even made blade cuts on his body to ensure he was dead before dumping the body.
Hadi’s father Imran had registered a missing person report a day earlier. After the child’s body was found, police registered a murder case. During interrogation, Najma confessed to the crime, admitting she acted out of revenge, fearing Hadi’s mother would use ‘spiritual help’ to kill her unborn child.
Published in Dawn, October 5th, 2025
