NAWABSHAH: A man was arrested after he allegedly slaughtered his wife and two small children at his home located in Abdullah Leghari village of Sanghar district on Saturday.

According to sources, the suspect, Shan Leghari, had returned home a couple of days back from Karachi, where he worked.

Officials at the Mangli police station claimed that he slaughtered his wife, Rukhsana Leghari, 35, and two daughters, three-year-old Sawal and 18-month-old Sehba. They said the suspect had been under interrogation since his arrest but he was not disclosing a motive behind the gruesome act.

The bodies were taken to the Sanghar Civil Hospital for a postmortem examination.

Source: Dawn