SADIQABAD CHILD ABUSE CASE: POLICE REGISTER FIR AGAINST MOTHER UNDER ATTEMPTED MURDER

SADIQABAD / RAHIM YAR KHAN: October 22, 2026 (DIGITAL ITLA): City Sadiqabad Police have registered a formal criminal case against a woman named Neelam Riaz for brutally torturing her 4/5-year-old son, Muhammad Subhan, attempting to suffocate him, and forcibly shearing his hair using an electric hair trimmer.

According to the official FIR (No. 1229/26) registered at Police Station City Sadiqabad, the case was lodged on the written complaint of the child's maternal grandmother, Mst. Jameela Bibi (wife of Riaz Ahmad, resident of Chak No. 150 P, Sadiqabad). The complainant stated that following a divorce from her former husband Zahid Ali, her daughter Neelam took up employment as a bus hostess in Noor Colony and routinely subjected her minor child to physical violence.

As detailed in the FIR narrative, on October 15, 2026, at around 5:00 PM, the complainant arrived at Noor Colony and witnessed the accused brutally assaulting minor Subhan. The accused violently chopped off the child's hair with a trimmer, struck his head and cheek causing profuse bleeding, pinned him to the ground, and stepped heavily on his neck and abdomen, causing acute respiratory distress. Eyewitnesses Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Asif (sons of Riaz Ahmad) intervened to save the child's life, after which the injured minor was rushed to the hospital for emergency medical treatment.

Police Station City Sadiqabad has booked the accused Neelam Riaz under Sections 324 PPC (Attempted Murder) and 328A PPC (Cruelty to Child). Sub-Inspector (SI) Muhammad Akmal Farooq has been assigned as the investigating officer to execute legal proceedings and apprehend the suspect.