A man has been arrested by the Jodhpur rural police, for allegedly sacrificing his four-year-old daughter by slitting her throat on Saturday.
The accused, whose name was given as Nawab Ali Qureshi – has confessed to the crime, according to police superintendent;
“I am a Namazi and I love my child more than my own life. I offered my daughter as a sacrifice,” police quoted the accused as saying during an interrogation.
According to reports, Qureshi had brought his daughter back from her grandmother’s place on Thursday. He fed the child with sweets and fruits from the market before taking her home.
While his family were fast asleep later that night, he woke the victim and took her to the veranda. There, he set her on his lap and read a kalma (prayer).
His confession revealed that this was when “Satan came over him” – making him allegedly slit his daughter’s throat. After the deed was done, he went back to sleep.
Police said Qureshi’s wife, Shabana, stepped out around 3 am to find her daughter’s bloodied body on the veranda.