Jodhpur: A 26-year-old man was arrested from Jodhpur on Saturday for allegedly killing his 4-year-old daughter to please god through a ‘sacrificial offering’ during Ramzan. The child was found with her throat slit early on Friday.
The family which lives in Pipad City, approached the police with Qureshi’s wife Shabana (22) submitting a complaint. Considering the “sensitivities, and heinousness of the crime”, Jodhpur Rural SP Rajan Dushyant constituted multiple teams to probe the case, while teams from Forensic Science Laboratory and dog squads were also brought in.
“Investigation revealed the suspicious role of the father. His psychological questioning helped reveal clues. Ultimately, he confessed his crime,” the police said in a statement.
The accused Nawab Ali Qureshi admitted his crime during interrogation, claiming that he wanted to please God by ‘sacrificing’ his beloved daughter Rizwana, cops said.
On Thursday afternoon, Qureshi — a resident of Silawaton Ka Mohalla — took Rizwana to the market, bought her lots of goodies, and told her he loved her very much. “At night, while the family slept on the terrace, he took Rizwana to a room on the ground floor, recited holy verses & slit her throat. Then he went back to sleep,” said SP (Jodhpur Rural) Rajan Dushyant.
The SP quoted Qureshi as saying, “Jo meri sabse pyaari cheez thi wo Allah ke paas bhejni thi (I had to offer my most prized possession to Allah).” As per Islam, the month of Ramzan is observed to practice tolerance and selflessness. Qureshi told the police that he believed the devil had entered him.
“I am a devout Muslim and love my daughter more than my life. For several days she was at her grandmother’s place and returned on Thursday. I took her to the marketplace and bought sweetmeats and fruits. In the night I took her to the courtyard downstairs, recited a kalma, killed her, and then went back to sleep upstairs,” Qureshi told the police.
