KARACHI: Pakistani police said they had arrested a suspect who had brutally stabbed to death three women and injured two others on Thursday, launching a probe into the murders.
According to details shared by police, the murders took place in Karachi’s Bhittai Abad Colony in the city’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar area. The murdered women have been identified as Aashi, Tania, and Nina, while the three persons injured in the incident were identified as Ajay Ram, Priya, and Nandini.
Senior Superintendent of Police Dr. Abdul Khalique Pirzada said preliminary investigations revealed the murder took place due to a domestic dispute and were committed by Ram, who was the uncle of two of the victims. Police said the bodies were sent to the Jinnah Hospital for post-mortem, while the injured have also been shifted there for treatment.
“According to initial investigations, the injured child and woman stated that their maternal uncle, Ajay Ram, attacked the women with a knife, killing them,” a spokesperson of the Malir Cantonment Police, under whose jurisdiction the murders were committed, said in a statement.
According to Pirzada, Ram was taken into police custody in an injured condition as he tried to take his life after carrying out the killings. He is being treated at the hospital as well.
“Malir Cantt Police are carrying out further legal proceedings as per law,” the spokesperson said.
Meanwhile, Sindh Home Minister Zia ul Hasan Lanjar sought a detailed report of the incident from Pirzada, expressing sorrow over the incident.
“The motives behind the incident should be brought to light immediately,” Lanjar was quoted as saying, according to the Sindh Home Department.
He directed police to carry out a transparent inquiry into the incident.
Domestic violence remains a prevalent issue in Pakistan, where many cases go unreported due to social stigma attached with it and a lack of resources for victims.
The Sindh Suhai Sath Organization, a local non-government organization, reported in October 2024 that 165 women were killed in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province in 2023, with the actual number of such cases likely to be much higher.
