Sea View drowning case: Court remands woman into police custody

KARACHI: The city court on Wednesday remanded the woman – who drowned her child at sea view – into women police custody till Feb 8, ARY News reported.

Sahil police station officials presented the woman before the city court earlier today.

The investigation officer informed the court that further investigation needs to be carried out in the drowning case.

On Feb 5, Police recovered the body of a one-and-a-half-year-old girl who was drowned by her mother at Sea View.

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.”