Man chops off foot of minor son in Kasur

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KASUR: A man allegedly chopped off the foot of his minor son on Monday at his home in village Hussain Khanwala in the jurisdiction of Pattoki Police Station.

Police said they arrested suspect Muhammad Sharif and registered a case against him.

Sharif took the step when he found his two sons quarreling over some issue. This enraged Sharif who drew an axe lying in the house and struck it at the leg of his son, Saleem, 12. He was rushed to hospital where doctors told the family that one foot of Saleem had been chopped off.

Later, Saleem was referred to Lahore Jinnah Hospital owing to his critical condition.

Police arrested Sharif on the complaint of Muhammad Ibrahim, the uncle of Saleem, and seized the weapon from him.

Published in Dawn, August 28th, 2018

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Adnan Mazher Khan

Aug 28, 2018 11:11am

A father chopped off foot of his son with an axe. Are we even worse than wild animals and beasts.

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Asim

Aug 28, 2018 11:41am

@Adnan Mazher Khan yes we are.

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akbar shah

Aug 28, 2018 12:13pm

sorry for hearing such a bad news. it is only the lack of education which compels us on facing worst events like this...

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akbar shah

Aug 28, 2018 12:14pm

sorry for the little kid. i think it is only becoz of the lack of education.

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Alba

Aug 28, 2018 01:11pm

@akbar shah .... There are the uneducated and then there are the stupid.

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Rashid

Aug 28, 2018 02:07pm

It is silly to blame lack of education for this cruel and mad persons behaviour, there are millions of uneducated people worldwide who love their children dearly and would never dream of hurting them, this individual, who is clearly deranged needs to be locked up and the keys thrown away, the simple reason being, that someone that can commit such an act on his own flesh and blood, is a constant and on going threat to the people and the rest of society around him.

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Pakistani

Aug 28, 2018 04:07pm

Another shameful incident. And a young life probably wasted unnecessarily.

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rana1

Aug 28, 2018 05:13pm

@Rashid ...correct!

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M. Saeed

Aug 28, 2018 05:23pm

Such events are now occurring very frequently. This is a change in general behavior due to rapid growth of frustrations leading to intolerance.

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