Jodhpur man slits 4-year-old daughter’s throat, tells police he ’sacrificed’ her d

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Jodhpur, June 10, 2018 (DHNS): A 26-year-old father in Jodhpur allegedly made a sacrifice by hacking his 4-year-old daughter by slitting her throat to appease Allah during the ongoing holy month of Ramzan. He was arrested by Jodhpur rural police on Saturday.

The incident took place at Pipad in Jodhpur district. Superintendent of Police (Jodhpur Rural) Rajan Dushyant confirmed Nawab Ali’s elder daughter, 4-year-old Rizwan was found dead with her throat slit at his residence on Friday morning.  A dog squad and FSL team were called in for investigation.

As per the police accused identified as 26-year-old Nawab Ali Qureshi has confessed to the crime. Jodhpur police quoted the accused as saying during an interrogation, "I am a Namazi and I love my child more than my own life. I offered my daughter as a sacrifice,”.

As per the police Ali had 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, including Ali, his wife and two daughters 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.

As per the accused’s statement to the police, he alleged that “Satan came over him” – making him allegedly slit his daughter’s throat.

His wife Shabana stepped out around 3 am to find her daughter’s bloodied body in the balcony. The couple took the child to the government order, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.

A case of murder was initially registered against unknown people after Shabana filed a complaint. A team of forensic experts summoned from Jodhpur collected blood and other pieces of evidence from the crime scene. Police began suspecting the father’s involvement after questioning family members about the incident. Ali came under suspicion as the house was locked from inside.