A man allegedly killed his three-year-old child in the Sindh capital, 24NewsHD TV channel reported Sunday.
According to a local police officer, the maternal uncle of the deceased alleged the father tortured the tot to death in Karachi.
However, the father said his child Ali was ill and he died after falling.
Police shifted the body to a hospital for postmortem that would ascertain the reason for the death.
A case has been registered and the accused has been taken into custody.