Teacher butchers wife, four sons   

By A H Khanzada

KARACHI: A man slaughtered his wife and four sons while they were asleep at their house in the KMC Quarters, Civil Lines, in the wee hours of Friday, police said.

The horrific incident came to notice after some neighbours spotted blood oozing out from the house early on Friday morning. They informed the police who found four boys and their mother butchered. The ruthless killer had dumped the bodies in the washroom of the house, which looked like a slaughterhouse with blood splattered everywhere, the police said. The killer, Nadeem Ahmed, has been arrested. :angry:

The police shifted the bodies to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), where the deceased were identified as Shahjahan, 36, the wife, and sons Haseeb Ahmed, 13, Faseeh Ahmed, 11, Hamza Ahmed, 8 and Fahad Ahmed, 1-1/2. Later the bodies were handed over to their relatives. The police have registered a case against Nadeem on the complaint of Ziauddin, the brother-in-law of the killer.

After knowing about the gory incident, a large number of people rushed to the house, where moving scenes were witnessed, as most of the people could not hold back tears.

This correspondent found the killer fast asleep in the lock-up of the Artillery Maidan police station.

Sub-Inspector Liaquat Ali, the Investigation Officer (IO) of the case, told The News that the killer has confessed that he had slain his family. "He also pointed out a second knife he had hidden in a cupboard," Liaquat added.

The killer, who is a secondary school teacher in Bhutta village, lived in an official house along with his two brothers and parents. "He was in his senses after killing his spouse and sons," Liaquat said.

The killer had feasted his family with fruit and roasted chicken on the night of April 21 before slitting their throats, Liaquat quoted Nadeem as confessing to the interrogators.

During initial interrogation, the killer also admitted that he loved his wife throughout the 16 years of their conjugal life. "I presented the lives of my wife and four sons as a gift to the Holy Prophet (SAW) on his birthday," he said in a tone devoid of remorse or repentance.

Ziauddin, the brother of deceased Shahjahan, told newsmen that the behaviour of his brother-in-law to his family had been abnormal for the last few months. He had sold his motorcycle and started visiting different shrines in the metropolis.

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