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Marwah rape-murder: Police await DNA report of suspects

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Investigators probing the rape-cum-murder case of a five-year-old girl, Marwah have said they have not received a DNA report of suspects yet.
A police official said they had sent samples of the suspects to a Hyderabad lab for DNA profiling. More than 30 suspects apprehended following the incident were set free after their DNA samples didn’t match with those of the minor victim.
Three more people have been taken into custody on suspicion of their involvement in the felony, the police said.
Besides, they are investigating the prime suspect and await his DNA report that will confirm his involvement in the sexual abuse of the minor. Identified as Marwah, the girl was found raped and murdered two days after going missing from old Subzi Mandi area. Police said the girl’s body was found wrapped in a piece of cloth at a trash heap on a plot Sunday last. Meanwhile, On Sunday, her neighbour, Nawaz had informed the police about the presence of a minor girl’s body on a garbage dump in the area. The police rushed to the scene and found Marwah’s body wrapped in a piece of curtain. Her body had been shifted to the hospital were doctors confirmed that she was subjected to sexual assault before being murdered.
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During the investigations, the police came to know that the curtain, in which Marwah’s body was wrapped, belonged to her neighbour, Nawaz.
On suspicion, the police conducted raid at Nawaz’s house and found that the house had been washed at the same time when Marwah’s body was found on the garbage dump. The police took Nawaz into custody and sent his DNA sample to a lab at Karachi University. The police officials said that they were waiting for the result of the DNA test to match his samples.

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