Woman jumps off sixth floor along with 2-year-old daughter in Karachi

KARACHI (Dunya News) - A woman jumped off from a six-storey building along with her two-year-old daughter in Karachi. She was locked in a room by her family over drug-addiction.

According to details, the incident occurred in Gulshan-e-Iqbal block 13-D in Karachi, where a woman jumped off from the sixth floor of a building after throwing her two-year-old child first.

According to rescue, the incident caused serious fractures on the legs of the woman and the child. Both mother and the minor girl were shifted to a nearby hospital in a critical condition.

According to details, the woman was a drug addict and was locked in a room by the family to get rid of drugs.

The eye-witnesses said that the woman initially threw her mobile phone from the sixth floor, attracting attention from the passers-by.

According to eyewitnesses she threw the girl from the building first who was caught by the bystanders. The people gathered at the building tried to stop her from jumping off the building however, she slipped off the building while trying to come down from the balcony.

The police said that they were investigating the matter from all angles and after taking the woman s statement legal action will be taken based on the nature of the incident.