'Mentally ill' mother throws one-month-old baby into well

MULTAN: A woman, said to be mentally challenged, threw her one-month old baby into a well in a Multan neighbourhood on Sunday, ARY News reported.

According to rescue sources, the baby luckily survived the fall and was rescued alive from the 50-feet deep well.

A rescue official said the child remained safe owing to soft earth because of sand at the bottom of the well.

Upon being informed about the incident, rescuers and a large number of local people reached the site.

Earlier, on Feb 5, police recovered the body of a one-and-a-half-year-old girl who was drowned by her mother in the sea.

According to Sahil police, the mother identified as  28 year old Shakila Rashid had drowned her infant daughter over a domestic dispute.

Shakila is a resident of Sultanabad Colony in Golimar and her husband works at a private hospital in Karachi.

Following the incident, police had arrested the mother and registered a case against her.

“She will be presented before a court today to seek her remand,” SSP South Pir Muhammad Shah said.

Meanwhile, the woman in her statement said that her husband had kicked her out of her house without any reason a month ago as their relation was passing through ups and downs after she gave birth to a girl. “Her father did not allow her to come back to his house either and as she had nowhere to go, she decided to get rid of her daughter and commit suicide.”