Woman suspected of drowning own infant daughter at sea arrested by Karachi police

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Woman suspected of drowning own infant daughter at sea arrested by Karachi police

Imtiaz Ali Published February 5, 2019

Woman tells police she drowned the two-and-a-half year old because she was cast out of her house by her husband. — File

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Police in Karachi on Tuesday arrested a woman for allegedly drowning her own two-and-a-half-year-old daughter in the sea.

According to the police, the 28-year-old woman's husband had banished her and the child from their home a month ago and the woman's family had refused to take them in.

According to SSP South Investigation Tariq Dharejo, the woman told the police that she had drowned the child and was planning to take her own life as well since she had no place to live.

The child's body was found near Farhan Shaheed Park, said the police, and the mother was arrested after citizens informed law enforcers of her whereabouts.

An FIR was registered against the woman, who is expected to be produced before a court today so that the police could procure her remand.

Violence against children

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Imtiaz Ali is a Karachi-based reporter for Dawn with over 25 years of experience in the field. His reporting portfolio encompasses crime, politics, and the provincial legislature, alongside coverage of the courts, government affairs, and the health sector.

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Telephone Man

Feb 05, 2019 05:09pm

Woman tells police she drowned the child because she was cast out of her house by her husband and that the child had no hope in Pakistan because she was female.

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Adeel

Feb 05, 2019 05:31pm

Her husband and her parents are the killers of baby! Police should arrest them.

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Jameel

Feb 05, 2019 05:37pm

Why are people willing/forced to take these severe actions, is it the system to blame or the people who are not helping to change the system

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kash

Feb 05, 2019 05:39pm

Husband and woman's family should also be arrested.

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Ammar

Feb 05, 2019 06:02pm

@ Telephone man - doesn't seem like you read the article. The women did NOT take the life because the child had no hope in Pakistan. It's because her husband abondened her and parents refused to take her in. I can't fathom how parents can do this to their own children.

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Dr Ahmed

Feb 05, 2019 06:17pm

In jail she finds a place to live. Tragic.

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Pride

Feb 05, 2019 06:32pm

end of times.

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Abdul Haqq

Feb 05, 2019 07:19pm

Woman who is oppressed and depressed, sometimes will take desperate and drastic decision like this sister. Government should set up a safe house/refuge for women experienced domestic violence, abandoned by their husband and family etc so they have somewhere to go for help, instead of killing their children and themselves thinking that the world is so cruel and nobody cares!

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Philosopher (from Japan)

Feb 05, 2019 07:21pm

Why didn’t she contact Edhi center or APWA foundation. Certainly there are some sheds of hope still exist in our country. Take anybody’s life a non-bearable crime.

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M A Mahmood

Feb 05, 2019 07:31pm

Tragic.Need more people like Edhi Sahib.

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Justicefirst

Feb 05, 2019 07:31pm

She must be referred to specialist doctor and treated accordingly with hope to live and taken care off.

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M. Ali

Feb 05, 2019 07:41pm

Probably, depression caused it.

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Sid

Feb 05, 2019 08:40pm

hello,Edhi trust always there to help women and children.

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Anas Iqbal

Feb 05, 2019 11:36pm

That is a murder case. Under no circumstances, one shall take the life of the other person.

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Hussain

Feb 06, 2019 09:55am

@Sid, Did u ever visit to Edhi Center and see their beahviors?

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