Why Two Teenage Sisters Set Their Father On Fire

It has emerged why two teenage sisters allegedly set their father on fire while he was asleep.

The two are currently thinking through their actions under police custody over the incident which happened today

Police said the two teenage sisters were acting in revenge for rape perpetrated against them by their father in the Punjabi city of Gujranwala Pakistan, on January 1.

The man was taken to hospital where he died on Tuesday, agency report said.

“The girls said that they decided amongst themselves to find a ‘permanent solution’,” Rizwan Tariq, a senior police official in the city, told AFP.

They then took petrol from a motorcycle and set their father on fire as he slept, he added.

The pair, who are step-sisters, said their father had been raping the eldest girl for a year, and had twice attempted to rape the younger girl.

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Their mothers — who are both married to the man — knew about the abuse but did not know of the revenge plan.

AFP has not named the man in order to protect the identities of the girls, one of whom is from a previous marriage.

One of the wives has also been arrested while the second is being questioned.

“We expect to present them before the court in a few days, as soon as we finish the investigation,” Tariq added.