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Heartless man slaughters two minor daughters
Tuesday July 14, 2009 (1211 PST)
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KARACHI: Men like Mohammad Shehzad, 35, are not born everyday. He has
done nothing glorified and in fact committed a crime so heinous that it would
make anyone's skin crawl.
Shehzad, who runs a small glasswork business, is guilty of slaughtering
his own flesh and blood. The sad part is that the victims of this brutal murder
were not even aware of the crimes they had committed but in fact, they were
punished for the crime that was allegedly committed by their mother, Aaliya.
Aaliya and Shehzad were married about four years ago and that is when
this saga began. Shehzad was convinced from the start that Aaliya had illicit
relations with a man called Arif, despite the fact that Aaliya had time and
time again explained to Shehzad that the relationship was entirely platonic.
It came to a point where Shehzad actually started believing that his two
daughters, Khushi Fatima, one-and-a-half year old and Suman Fatima, eight-month
old, were not his at all, but in fact Arif's. He would keep confronting Aaliya
and she would keep denying the allegation, the differences grew and the
situation became worse. Finally, Aaliya shifted to her parents' house located
at the R area in Korangi.
There was a family function at Aaliya's parents' house on Sunday and
Shehzad came to join in the celebrations. He ended up staying the night and
also as always got into a fight with Aaliya. Early morning the next day Shehzad
took his daughters and went home, a small 80 square yard house located in the
outskirts of the city on Street no 15, Sector 36-G, within the limits of Landhi
police.
The heartless man then took the girls to one of the small rooms in the
house and apologised to them, saying that he cannot bear to look at the girls
dying a little everyday and cannot bear the thought of them growing up with a
mother with such a loose character, after supposedly purging his conscience
clean, he proceeded to cut the throats of the little girls who had probably not
even grasped their father's words.
The barbarian then called the children's grandparents' house to tell them
about what he had done, after which he went to the police station to surrender
himself and confess to his ugly crime.
According to the police when Shehzad reached the police station, his
clothes were stained with blood. Giving details about the preliminary
questioning SHO Ghulam Ahmed Sheikh said that Aaliya and his daughters had left
Shehzad's house two days ago after a dispute. On Sunday night, there was a
family function at Aaliya's parents house, which Shehzad attended, stayed there
for the night and fought with Aaliya. In the morning, he took the girls and
went home, where he slaughtered the girls using a knife, which too has been
discovered, said the SHO.
Aaliya's family was undoubtedly shocked by the incident and insisted that
Shehzad be punished strictly, as he was mentally stable and murdered the girls
only because he was angry at Aaliya. They went on to say that Shehzad was
brilliant at his job, but he mostly stayed home and forced Aaliya to bring
money from her parents. As now he has no better excuse to get out of the
situation he is accusing Aaliya of having illicit relations.
The people of his area seconded Aaliya's family's opinion and confirmed
that Shehzad was not suffering from any mental illness.
The bodies of the girls were taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre
from where they were taken to Korangi for burial. The girls were laid to rest
in the Korangi graveyard. An FIR No 171/09 under Section 302 has been
registered on behalf of Aaliya's brother, Naeem.
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