Jodhpur, Jun 10: In resemblance of an animal sacrifice, a 26-year-old man slit throat of his four-year-old daughter at their residence in Rajasthan, and then claimed that it was a sacrifice to please Allah during Ramadan.
Nawab Ali Qureshi, the accused, was said to be a doting father to 4-year-old Rizwana till he decided to take the little one’s life with his own hands. He was arrested by Jodhpur rural police on Saturday, a day after he committed the brutal crime.
The incident took place at Pipad in Jodhpur district. Qureshi confessed to his crime on Saturday after a day-long interrogation by the cops who suspected it to be a ritualistic killing.
“He thought Allah would be pleased with the ‘sacrifice’ during Ramadan, if it were someone who he holds most dear to his heart. And for him it was his daughter Rizwana," a police officer said. "I am a Namazi and I love my child more than my own life. I offered my daughter as a sacrifice,” the police quoted the accused as saying during an interrogation,
As per the police Qureshi brought his daughter back from her grandmother’s place on Thursday. He fed her with sweets and fruits from the market before taking her home. The family had slept together on the roof of their house on Thursday night. Late that night, while the rest of the family was fast asleep, he woke the victim and took her to the balcony, where he committed the crime.
As per the accused's statement to the police, he alleged that “Satan came over him” – making him allegedly slit his daughter’s throat.
The victim’s mother told the police that she was sleeping on the roof with her husband and two daughters the fatal night when she woke up at 2:30 a.m. to find the younger one missing. The mother then proceeded downstairs to look for daughter and found her lying in a pool of blood, throat slit.
The police reached the spot at 3 in the morning. The family members and the uncle’s kin were interrogated on Friday and Saturday by the cops.
A dog squad was called in to examine the entire house. The body of the girl was later handed over for post-mortem to the Medical Board in Pipad City Hospital.
Superintendent of Police (Jodhpur rural), Rajan Dushyant, said the girl's father was unsure of he was telling the cops.
The father later confessed to his crime. Police suspect that Qureshi made the sacrifice to get the prayers for a son answered. "The accused rinsed his clothes and set them to dry before returning to the roof to occupy his place besides his sleeping family members," a cop said.
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My heart comes out for the child who lost her life due to the ignorence of the father, It is very brutual, sad and shamefull incident. Allah says that daughters are the doors to Paradise & this foolish father has shut that door.May Allah help the Mother to bear the pain of loosing her child whom she has kept in her womb for 9 months.
Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajioon. Crime is confirmed then give him death penalty.
innalillahi wainnailaihi rojiun..very sad incident...this maron father must be killed in same way not by cutting throat...by cutting his head in big AXE..
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