Staff Reporter
The body of an eight-year-old child was found from a garbage bin in Mominpura area of the provincial metropolis, the police said on Sunday. The child had gone to a shop near his residence on Saturday but never came back home. “After searching the entire day, we registered a missing person complaint at the nearby police station,” her father said.
On Sunday, his body was found in a garbage container in the area. His body was immediately moved to a hospital for a post-mortem examination.
The medical reports revealed that the eight-year-old was raped. The victim’s neighbour and relative, Nadeem, has been arrested by the police over suspicion and is being questioned.”We have taken his DNA samples and have sent them to the laboratory,” a police officer said. On Monday, Nadeem confessed the crime.
The child’s family has demanded that Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar take notice of the crime and immediately order the arrest of the culprits.
A case has been registered and further investigations are under way.
