A girl in Pirabad area was arrested after she set her father on fire for allegedly raping her sisters, police said on Sunday.
In a statement to the police, the girl said that she had made the plan to set her father on fire after he attempted to rape her. In the first information report, her brother alleged that his sister administered sleeping pills to the deceased on Friday and set him on fire after which he succumbed to injuries, Superintendent Police (SP) Investigation Akhtar Farooq said.
A case was registered against the accused under Sections 302 (premeditated murder) and 334 (punishment for intention to cause hurt) of the Pakistan Penal Code. The accused was taken into custody and is being held at the Women Police Station West Zone Liaquatabad Karachi, the SP said.