Infant dies in Karachi as 'financially distressed' family attempts suicide.

An infant died in Karachi on Friday after a man along with three other family members attempted suicide by consuming a poisonous substance allegedly due to inflation, according to the police.

District West SSP Faisal Bashir Memon told Dawn.com that a 40-year-old resident of Surjani Town administered a poisonous substance to himself, his 35-year-old wife, and two infant daughters aged four and two, respectively, in their home due to 'frustration over inflation'.

The two-year-old passed away.

The family was subsequently taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital by rescue teams.

Karachi Police Surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed Tariq said she received the body of a minor baby girl with her father, mother, and sister in critical condition at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

'History, as provided, suggest willful ingestion of 'neela thora' (copper sulfate) by the parents after giving the same to the kids,' she tweeted. 'Cause given as joblessness and inability to make ends meet'.

SSP Memon stated that the man was the sole earner of the family, living in a rented house, and was struggling with inflation and unemployment.

In a similar heart-wrenching incident last month in Punjab's Narowal, a labourer along with two children committed suicide by jumping into a canal due to poverty and inflation.

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