SARGODHA: Local police arrested a man and his second wife for allegedly slitting the throat of his 1.5-year-old daughter at the suggestion of a faith healer.
Deputy Superintendent Police Usman said the couple had been told by a faith healer that the girl was possessed and needed to be killed in order to ward off evils spirits. The father told police that his daughter would make strange noises that would scare her stepmother.
When the dead body was brought to District Headquarters Teaching Hospital Sargodha by the parents, the doctors found old cuts on her arms and alerted the police.
Police have started an investigation into the infant’s death.
