CHICHAWATNI: A man threw his two daughters, aged 8 and 10, in a canal in Chechawatni due to a dispute with his wife, police said Sunday.
According to the rescue service, the 8-year-old girl was saved while the 10-year-old girl died after being drowned in the deep water.
The police said that the man identified as Fahim Javed has been arrested and a case is being registered at the Saddar Police Station.
The suspect is a resident of Kallar Kahar and was in dispute with his wife over maintenance allowance. His wife had also filed a plea in the court, seeking the maintenance allowance
Earlier in a similar incident on May 3, a man committed suicide after killing his two wives and four children in Faisalabad over financial problems.
The incident took place in the Gulshan-e-Madina Colony of Faisalabad.
