A mentally challenged man stabbed his daughter to death in the remits of Sharah-e-Noor Jahan police station on Thursday.
Police said that Muhammad Rafiq, 55, was a mental patient and had frequent fights with his wife and daughter.
“At about 11:00 am on Thursday, he attacked his 22 year-old daughter Shabita with a sharp-edged object, critically injuring her. The woman succumbed to her injuries on the way to a hospital,” they said.
The body of the deceased was handed over to the hairs after medico-legal formalities at the Abbssi Shaheed Hospital.
Sharah-e-Noor Jahan SHO Nadir Khan told Pakistan Today that the suspect was arrested and the weapon also recovered from the crime scene.
The deceased woman was living with her parents after separating from her husband.
Police officials said an FIR was registered at the Sharah-e-Noor Jahan police station on the complaint of Muhammad Sohail, the brother of the woman.
