Sunday, July 6, 2008

Paki Strangles Own Daughter For Disgracing Family

Jonesboro, GA
A 54 year old Pakistani man residing in Clayton County was arrested on Sunday in connection with the strangulation death of his daughter.

Chaudhry Rashad is in the Clayton County Jail charged with murdering 25 year old Sandela Kanwal at the family's Clayton County home following an argument over her plans to divorce her husband.

Police say Rashad said he killed his daughter as a "matter of honor". The woman's husband, from an "arranged" marriage, resides in Illinois and the couple is reported not to have seen one another for months.

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A Clayton County man was behind bars Sunday, accused of killing his own daughter. Police said the father was angry because he felt his daughter was disgracing the family.

Investigators said 54-year-old Chaudhry Rashad was so outraged at his daughter, Sandela Kanwal, and her plans for divorce that he killed her after a heated argument at the family's home. Investigators said Rashad confessed to strangling the 25-year-old woman.

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