TOBA TEK SINGH: On Thursday evening, a boy slaughtered his spiritual healer father in Mamu Kanjan’s village Chak 554-GB.

The police said deceased Baba Zahoor Saeen divorced his wife several years ago who died two years ago. Zahoor had no contact with his children, but after his mother’s death suspect Sajjad Ali would occasionally visit his father.

He visited his father on Thursday and hit his head with a wooden bar and when his father fell unconscious, Sajjad slaughtered him. He later set himself into the Mamukanjan police.

Published in Dawn,June 17th, 2022

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