Police arrests father who murdered seven-day-old daughter

The Punjab Police has arrested the alleged murderer, Shahzaib Khan who killed his newborn daughter in Mianwali on Sunday because he wanted a son.

The police confirmed the arrest on their official Twitter on March 10 by posting Shahzaib Khan’s image.

میانوالی پولیس نے نومولود بچی کو فائرنگ کر کے قتل کرنے والے درندہ صفت باپ کو گرفتار کر لیا ہے۔ آئی جی پنجاب نے ڈی پی او میانوالی کو تفتیش کی نگرانی خود کرنے اور ملزم کو عبرتناک سزا دلوانے کی ہدایت کی ہے۔وزیراعلی پنجاب اور آئی جی پنجاب نے اس واقعہ کا نوٹس لیا تھا۔@DPOMianwali https://t.co/5l5nI5O9G8 pic.twitter.com/wpnOIn12UP

— Punjab Police Official (@OfficialDPRPP) March 10, 2022

The newborn girl, Jannat was murdered by her father on Sunday in Mianwali. He shot her four times and was taken immediately to a hospital but unfortunately, was pronounced dead.

Punjab Chief Minister (CM), Usman Buzdar, and Punjab Inspector General (IG) of Police, Rao Sardar Ali Khan, took notice of the incident.

Former Punjab CM, Shehbaz Sharif also tweeted after police arrested the accused.

“I am unable to process the mind-numbing incident of the killing of a baby girl. Utterly grotesque and barbaric. How could a father do this to his own child? Wish we could learn how our beloved Prophet (PBUH) treated his daughter & women in general” he wrote.

Spokesperson of Mianwali police, Zarrar Khan said, “The police were told by the complainants that the killer had been complaining for three or four days that he had wanted a son and he had been very angry.”

The First Investigation Report (FIR) was filed in a police station by Shahzaib Khan’s cousin, Hidayatullah.