A cruel father allegedly killed his 10-month-old daughter in Molapar village of Chunian, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Tuesday.
Reportedly, Asif, the maternal uncle of deceased baby Zehra, said that his sister and brother-in-law Hameed used to quarrel quite often.
He alleged that on the day of the incident, his brother-in-law Hameed took 10-month-old Zehra to sleep outside and in the night, he smothered the child to death.
Asif said before the burial of the child, they suspected Hameed but his brother-in-law and his relatives started beating them.
Police took the body of the child in their custody and sent it to a local hospital for autopsy.
Cannt police station SHO Akhtar Zia said that facts would be revealed after the post-mortem report.
Reporter Chaudhry Akhtar Zia