Three children found dead in Khairpur village

SUKKUR: Parents of three missing children recovered their bodies from a large box in a house in village Siming Wadda, Khairpur District, on Wednesday.

The parents went to collect money from the BISP, leaving the children at home. On their return, they found the children missing and started a frantic search.

Tragically, they found all the three dead inside a large box. The deceased were identified as 6-year-old Madad Ali, s/o Shah Nawaz Shaikh, his sister 4-year-old Mehnaz and 10-year-old Arif, s/o Irfan Shaikh.

The bodies were shifted to the Civil Hospital, Khairpur, where the doctors described suffocation as the likely cause of death.

SSP Khairpur Zubair Nazir Shaikh visited the spot and heard the family’s version of the tragedy. Father of two children, Nawaz Shaikh, told the police of his suspicion that the children might have been murdered. Father of children Nawaz Shaikh told the police he suspected his children have been murdered.