Unidentified accused slit throat of a newly-Nikahfied 18-year-old girl with a sharp-edged weapon in Kemari Gulshan area of Sikandarabad in Karachi on Tuesday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
The father of slain Khadija, Imam Bakhsh filed an FIR at the Jackson Police Station.
In the FIR, the father of the victim stated that he was alerted that blood-stained body of her daughter was lying inside a bedroom of his house.
He further stated that some unidentified persons murdered his daughter for unknown reasons.
Later, the police after completing all necessary procedure handed over the dead body of the girl to her heirs.
Police sources said that heirs of the victim then took the dead body to their native village in Punjab city of Vehari for burial.
The father said that his daughter’s nikah was solemnized some time back, but her Rukhsati (sending her off to her husband’s home) was yet to take place.
Imam Bakhsh said no one else was present in the house at the time of murder except his daughter.
Reporter: Mairaj Akhtar