Two teenage sisters were arrested in Pakistan for killing their father by setting him on fire in revenge for rape.
The father was attacked in the Punjabi city of Gujranwala on January 1 , but died of his severe injuries on January 7.
‘The girls said that they decided amongst themselves to find a “permanent solution”,’ Rizwan Tariq, a senior police official in the city, said.
The pair, who are step-sisters, said their father had been raping the eldest girl for a year, and had twice attempted to rape the younger girl.
The girls reportedly told police: ‘We both planned to kill our father for sexually assaulting us.’
They admitted to taking ‘petrol from his [bike] and sprinkled it on him before setting him on fire’ as he slept. They are said to have used ropes to tie their father up.
Their father suffered severe burns and was taken to hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds nearly a week after the attack.
One of the girls’ siblings called the man’s sister, who alerted emergency services and later accused the man’s two wives in helping the teenagers to intoxicate their father and set him on fire.
The father was attacked in the Punjabi city of Gujranwala (pictured) on January 1 and taken to hospital where he died on January 7
The man reportedly had ten children from three wives, the first of whom died. The man, his remaining two wives and the children lived together in a rented house, according to local media.
The man has not been named in order to protect the identities of the girls, reportedly aged 15 and 12 and from different mothers.
Their mothers – who are both married to the man – knew about the abuse but did not know of the revenge plan.
One of the wives has also been arrested while the second is being questioned.
‘We expect to present them before the court in a few days, as soon as we finish the investigation,’ Tariq added.
This is a developing story. More to follow.