KASUR: An eight-year-old girl, who was allegedly set on fire by rivals of her father, died on Friday in the Liaquat Town locality.

A handout issued by the police stated that a murder case was lodged on Friday against four suspects and one of them was arrested. It also stated that the district police officer had constituted a team for the arrest of the remaining suspects.

According to complainant Shahzad Ahmed, father of the victim, suspects Ghaffar, his wife, son Muzammil and an unidentified man had barged into his house on July 27 and manhandle his wife and eight-year-old daughter Mehwish.

Later, the suspects sprinkled petrol on Mehwish and set her on fire. Neighbours took her to the rural health centre from where she was referred to the DHQ hospital due to her critical condition.

The minor was later referred to the Lahore Children’s Hospital in a critical condition where she died on Friday.

The complainant claimed that the motive behind the incident was a heated argument between him and the main suspect over a trifle a few days ago.

According to police, they were investigating the case from various angles, including why police were not informed right after the incident four days ago, and were collecting evidence from the crime scene to corroborate the claims in the first information report.

Published in Dawn, August 1st, 2020