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Last Updated:January 03, 2026, 22:46 IST
The woman met her lover on a video-sharing platform about a year and a half ago.
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In a tragic incident in Sarai Alamgir, Gujrat district of Pakistan’s Punjab, a married woman, along with her lover, allegedly strangled her three children to death after administering sleeping pills, police reported on Saturday. The victims, two daughters and a son, aged between three to seven years, were killed in the heart-wrenching crime, which occurred approximately 200 km from Lahore.
Sidra Bashir, the mother, had met her lover, Babar Hussain, on a video-sharing platform about a year and a half ago. As per a report by PTI, Sidra repeatedly asked her husband for a divorce and frequently quarrelled with him as she and Babar made plans to marry.
“When they made plans to marry, the woman repeatedly asked her husband for a divorce and frequently quarrelled with him," police officer Omar Farooq was quoted by PTI as saying.
During interrogation, Sidra confessed that they killed the children because they could not get married otherwise. The suspects mixed a large quantity of sleeping pills into fruit chaat, gave it to the children, and strangled them one by one as they fell into a deep sleep.
“Both burned the bodies at a deserted location so that they would not be identifiable and then buried them there," the police officer said.
Police tracked Sidra down after her husband filed a missing person’s complaint for her and their three children.
“Tracing the woman was a difficult task. Our intelligence team succeeded and arrested her. Following her arrest, we also apprehended her lover, Babar Hussain, on her identification," police officer Farooq said. During interrogation, Sidra confessed to killing the children along with Hussain.
On the suspects’ identification, police excavated a site in a deserted mountainous area and discovered the children’s bodies, bringing an end to the harrowing case.
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January 03, 2026, 22:22 IST
News world Pakistani Woman Strangles Her Three Children To Death With Lover's Help
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