On the direction of a so-called magician cum exorcist, a mother tortured and burned her two children by using candles in Lahore city on Thursday. Police failed to trace the black-magician who disappeared after this ugly incident. Two children were burned on Thursday, allegedly by their mother over black magic, revealed police reports.
As per claims made by the father of the children Simon Saleem, the woman identified as Anita Bibi had allegedly burned her three-year-old daughter and two-year-old son for black magic purposes in Lahore’s Qila Gajjar Singh.
The children were moved to the city’s Meo Hospital with doctors confirming that the minors’ bodies had received burns on numerous parts of their bodies with marks of ropes noticeable around their necks
Police said that a woman Anita was arrested in Lahore on Thursday for allegedly torturing and burning her children with a candle during a black magic ritual, police said.
Police said that a woman Anita was arrested in Lahore on Thursday for allegedly torturing and burning her children with a candle during a black magic ritual, police said.
The suspect's husband, Simon Masih, filed a first information report at the Qila Gujjar Singh police station against his wife, alleging that she had taken their three-year-old daughter and two-year-old son to her aunt's house a few days ago.
Masih said he had gone to visit his children on Thursday morning and found his daughter tied to a bed, his son tied to a sofa, and a brown goat tied up between them in the same room, as his wife's aunt allegedly performed a black magic ritual on them, burning them with candles and torturing them.
Masih said that he had untied his children despite facing resistance and taken them to Mayo Hospital where they were admitted for treatment.
