Pakistani man kills 2 daughters, aged 4 and 5, with axe to avert custody to wife

Islamabad: A man in Pakistan's Bahawalpur allegedly axed his two minor daughters minutes before a court bailiff could take the children and handover their custody to his wife.

The incident took place at Tibbi Data Khan village on Monday when the bailiff along with police officials reached his house for the recovery of the children on his wife’s petition.

According to police sources, suspect Sarfraz had strained relations with his wife Aasia Bano, Dawn News reported.

While staying with her parents, she sought the court’s help to recover her two daughters, who were with their father.

When the court bailiff and police arrived at Sarfraz’s house to retrieve the children, he was asked to hand them over.

Sarfraz then flew into a rage and, after telling the bailiff to wait outside, went inside the house and allegedly killed his daughters Tayyaba (5) and Liaba (4) with an axe. After the incident, Sarfraz courted arrest, the Dawn report said.

A case was registered.