A local court in Muzaffargarh has acquitted a brother charged with killing three juvenile sisters by slitting their throats on the parents’ insistence.
Geo News reported that the parents paved the way for the acquittal of the accused by submitting a consent letter in the court.
The incident took place in Muzaffargarh’s Thermal Colony, where Basit mutilated his three sisters, seven-year-old Abiha, eight-year-old Zahra and 11-year-old Arisha. The girls’ bodies were found in a residential quarter adjacent to their house.
Notably, the accused confessed to the murders after his arrest.
Additional Sessions Judge Chaudhry Muhammad Asif issued an order of acquittal almost two and a half years after the incident.
DPO Muzaffargarh Syed Hasnain Haider told Geo that a review appeal will be decided after reviewing the written decision of he court which is yet to be issued.
