Father 'killed daughter for not making bread the right way'

Death penalty: The man murdered his daughter because she could not bake gol roti
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Patrick Grafton-Green25 October 2016

A man has reportedly been sentenced to death after killing his 12-year-old daughter because she could not bake 'perfect bread'.

Khalid Mehmood and his son Abuzar murdered daughter Annega before dumping her body at a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, a court heard.

Mehmood later told police he thought his daughter had been kidnapped as she had gone out to buy food and never returned.

However officers interrogated neighbours and discovered the girl was killed after she was unable to make gol roti – a type of chapati, the Express Tribune said.

Mehmood and his son confessed they had thrashed the girl, who died of her injuries.

They admitted dumping the body and filing a false kidnapping report.

A judge sentenced Mehmood to death and fined him 500,000 Pakistan rupees (£4,000). The son's sentence is not known.

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