A Pakistani girl was taken into custody by police on Sunday following the deaths of 13 of her relatives, including her parents, in the Sindh province .
The tragic incident occurred after the poison was mixed into their food, allegedly because the family was unwilling to allow the girl to wed the partner she had chosen.
The fatalities happened on August 19 in the village of Haibat Khan Brohi, situated near Khairpur .
The girl allegedly plotted with her boyfriend to introduce poison into the food consumed by her family members, which included her own parents.
The authorities are currently probing the matter further to determine the full extent of the girl's involvement in this shocking crime.
"All of the 13 members fell ill after having their food and were rushed to a hospital where all of them died. When the post-mortem was done it emerged that these people had died from poisonous food," senior police officer Inayat Shah told news agency PTI.
"She was angry because, despite her efforts, her family was not ready to let her marry the boy of her choice," Shah said.
"The girl confessed to mixing poison in the wheat with the help of her boyfriend," he added.
He said that when the cops conducted a thorough probe it was found out that the daughter and her boyfriend had put poison in the wheat used to make rotis in the house.
The tragic incident occurred after the poison was mixed into their food, allegedly because the family was unwilling to allow the girl to wed the partner she had chosen.
The fatalities happened on August 19 in the village of Haibat Khan Brohi, situated near Khairpur .
The girl allegedly plotted with her boyfriend to introduce poison into the food consumed by her family members, which included her own parents.
The authorities are currently probing the matter further to determine the full extent of the girl's involvement in this shocking crime.
"All of the 13 members fell ill after having their food and were rushed to a hospital where all of them died. When the post-mortem was done it emerged that these people had died from poisonous food," senior police officer Inayat Shah told news agency PTI.
"She was angry because, despite her efforts, her family was not ready to let her marry the boy of her choice," Shah said.
"The girl confessed to mixing poison in the wheat with the help of her boyfriend," he added.
He said that when the cops conducted a thorough probe it was found out that the daughter and her boyfriend had put poison in the wheat used to make rotis in the house.
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