After four children died in the poisoning incident in Toba Tek Singh, the fifth girl and her mother also died.
Four children died yesterday after drinking poisoned tea in Toba Tek Singh’s neighboring village 520 village Gb. B also lost her life.
According to the police, a case has been registered against the children’s father in Sadar Toba police station and the search for the accused is ongoing. Asghar Arain had a fight with his wife Nadia.
There are reports that after the quarrel, the wife got fed up and mixed poison in her and children’s tea and committed suicide along with the children.
Earlier, the funeral prayers of the four children, Iqra, Madiha, Sania and Ali Hasan, were performed in the village 364 JB, a suburb of Toba Tek Singh Tehsil Gujra. A large number of people including local MNA Osama Hamza participated in the funeral prayer. while the funeral prayer of the fifth girl Aqsa will be offered later.
Four siblings were cremated in Chak 364 GB Gujra, fifth child Aqsa will be cremated after post-mortem.