SUKKUR: Ghotki police claimed to have arrested a suspect who had axed his mother, sister, and three young nieces at his house at midnight on Wednesday in the Anwarabad locality within the limits of A-Section police station.

Police said area SHO Qalib Ali Shah, on the directives of Ghotki SSP Muneer Ahmed Khuhro, mounted a search for the suspect identified as Imran, son of Rahim Bakhsh Tragar, and arrested him from Mathelo Chowk.

They said the suspect had killed his mother Marium, 55; sister Samina, 25, and nieces Iqra Liaqat, nine, and Ayat Liaqat, six, and wounded his third niece Soorat who succumbed to injuries in the taluka hospital.

Published in Dawn, September 22th, 2023