KARACHI - In yet another gruesome act of sexual assault and violence against children, a six-year-old girl was raped and tortured to death in Korangi area of the city as police claimed that suspect might be someone known to the child leading him to strangulate the victim.
According to Korangi police, the victim was reported missing from Korangi No 5 area since Tuesday’s night and the parents filed an application saying that six-year-old Maham went out to play and did not return since then.
They searched for her in the neighbourhood but couldn’t find her, the application said.
The police said acting on the complaint they launched a search operation and found her strangulated body.
The body was then sent for a medical examination where the MLO Dr Saima revealed the gruesome finding of the murder.
She detailed that the girl was raped before she was tortured to death. “The cervical spine of the victim was damaged after the findings have revealed that suspect would have tortured her badly and tried to strangulate her,” she said.
The police meanwhile have cast doubt that someone close to the victim might be involved in the gruesome act. “Whether it is a neighbour or a close relative, he might be someone close to the victim,” the police said as they based their assumption on the finding of the post-mortem report that highlighted that the suspect murdered her in order to conceal his identity.
We are investigating it with every angle and will soon arrest the suspect, they said.