Hyderabad: Father attacks two minor daughters with knife, held

Hyderabad: In a heart-breaking incident which occurred at Chittapur village in Dubbak Mandal, a father tried to slaughter two of his daughters on Saturday.

According to a report, Mohammad Nazim, who has two wives, is from Mahrashtra and is settled in Chittapur village in Dubbak mandal with his one wife and 3 children.

He frequently quarreled with his wife and on Saturday when his wife and son went out, he locked the front door and tried to kill his two daughters, Anjuman (8) and Alina (6).

Locals got suspicious at the cries of children and informed the Bhupally Police Station. The police responded on time and SI Sardar along with constables reached the spot and overpowered the accused and rescued the children.

As Nazim locked the door, a constable got onto the roof and removed tiles, and jumped inside the house, while the other two constables broke down the door and entered the house.

By that time, he had already attacked his younger daughter Alina and slit her throat and was trying to attack his elder daughter Anjuman. While a police constable, B Raju tried to snatch the knife from the culprit, his hand was injured in the scuffle.

Police shifted the girls to Siddipet government hospital immediately and according to the doctors the girls are out of danger and their condition is stable now. A case has been registered and the accused have been taken into custody.