Fifteen-year-old Zainab's grave was found open early Wednesday morning. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Fifteen-year-old Zainab, daughter of Muhammad Munir, died of electrocution a day before and was buried by the family Tuesday night.
Local residents found her body lying outside the grave early Wednesday morning and informed the family and the police.
The police suspected that the body was taken out from the grave with the intention of rape. Officials said desecration of the body would be confirmed once the investigation was completed, and any criminals involved would be punished accordingly.
Qila Didar Singh Police arrested a suspect and have started inquiries.
Past necrophilia cases
October 2011: Mohammad Riaz, arrested in North Nazimabad, Karachi confessed to having defiled the corpses of 48 women in the Paposh Nagar graveyard in the last eight years.
September 2011: A father and son were arrested after they exhumed and desecrated the body of a woman from the the Pir Koray Shah graveyard in Karampur.
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This is called necrophilia, so don't try to limit this to Pakistan . Happens all around the world .
punish of these crimes should be death
Meanwhile in the land of "Pure"
@razar
Religion should not dictate how people should live their lives. Their own personal moral code should. I'm not religious at all. Nor is most of my family religious. But we are good people. You could not fin a closer or more tight knit family than ours. I would rather be friends with a kind atheist, than a immoral relegous person. People are perfectly capable of being decent without Islam Christianity or Catholicism dictating their lives. Cave men didn't have religion (as its define by today's prescript) but I'm sure they don't go around randomly raping and killing. Human nature didn't allow it then. And human nature today doesn't dictate that you're doomed to rape and kill if there isn't religion in your life.
That's illiteracy, man. When will we become Muslims? Or when will we become humans? Shame on our community.
Feel sick after reading about this, what a pair of psychopaths. Pakistan has it's very own Ted Bundys. If they got away with it I'm sure the next step would have been killing. Not even going to touch on the fact that Zainab was a child, Allah help us.
@all are you all out of your mind??? why blame pakistan for everything ??? losers...... if this depicts what pakistan is then google the total no of necrophiliac cases from other parts of the world, you ll get the truth
women are not safe and secure in Pakistan even after death.
worst than animals, what will happen with this society where peopel are living whith this state of mind???????????????
Someone should ask the molvis of Council of Islamic Ideology that is DNA report in this case inadmissible as evidence too? Will they demand that the deceased girl bring forth 4 adult dead Muslims as witness to this crime?
Is there no justice beyond the grave! Sick!
Not so surprising! In 1971, perverted Pak soldiers did similar things in occupied Bangladesh (the then East Pakistan). May be its in the culture!
Astagfar
This is disturbing because with every passing day, the country's becoming frustrated. People would do anything. I don't know where they got the drive to think of digging up the grave, let alone doing it.
@ahmer: Shame on you for even saying this. The seriousness of the matter and all you can think about saying is utilizing this chance to voice your opinion in the form of bashing PTI?
To be honest when I look at the way I brought up and how my teenage friends thought I am not surprised such sick things happen in our country. We just don't have a healthy relationship with women. Our restricted ways lead to build up of all kinds of perverted fantasies. I think these acts will increase as there are more men then women in Pakistan.
We're there 4 adult male witnesses? If not there is no case
This is revolting and all, but I think we should be equally outraged and the authorities should be as efficient when alive women are raped too.
Istaghfirulllah - just read the related article and searched up Necrophilia - never knew something this sick existed - feel really sick and disgusted now :( ....and to top that - we have sickest wierdos in our own country - that too an Islamic (the greatest religion of all IMO) Republic. What does it really take to make these animals human, i wonder ? :(
Welcome to Pakistan ...
Welcome to the PAKISTAN
--Disgusting!!! u wnt me comment mre than this,,
Jesus, Allah, Bhagawan, Waheguru!!
Forgive us all.......
Disgusting. Sickening. Are we humans?
She could not bring 4 pious witness for such a act of rape.... would she? Surely The case is over. I hope dead body will not charge under adultery.
Weren't they afraid to 'rape' a dead body ? Man...this is horrible. Reflection of what Pakistan is all about....
why does everything has to be india vs pakistan. God all you people are sick and disgusting! this is a crime against humanity there are frustrated men in both countries infact in the whole world ... we need proper laws in our countries
A classic example of necrophilia...a mental health dosorder.
We in India may be bad in our treatment of women, but here even we Indians Salute the Pakistanis. Even we Indians could not stoop so low. So much for theLand of Pure!!!
@Ali Hamza: With some difficulty. Sad thing is, these types of things are happening so often, we're becoming desensitised to it all.
@Abdul Qadir Balouch: Mr. Baloch, are you sure even 2 % of rape in Pakistan are reported looking at the fact that the victim would need to produce 4 male witnesses? In India at least girls can come forward and get the case reported.
Yes, its sick, but stop bringing religion, PTI, society and what not into this. Yes, the society is to partially play a role in producing such perverts, but idiots like this sprout out in all kinds of societies. Highest number of necrophiliacs, serial rapists and serial killers are found in the United States, despite it being the most open society. Just watch a few seasons of Criminal Minds. Perverts like this are because of a lot of personal issues ranging from disturbed family, abusive parents or deep psychological disorders. So stop comparing it with Hindu Gods, with religious dogma, with PTI, or with any other goddamn thing. Above all, stop self bashing, its not always cool. Just condemn the goddamn pervert and move forward.
I have read a book called Mammoth Collection of True Crime.
Wonderful compilation of not less than 5000 crimes.
Still, this is original.
@sm Ji : this is sick man, so sick.No respect to the individual even after death?. And we were told of stories when ram and laxman paid respects to their sworn enemies after killing them in battle fields,and here in reality, dead body of a girl is raped? . Comparing like for like the Indian Forces gave full respect to the Pakistani Soldiers of the Northern Light Infantry along with other Pakistan Soldiers and return the Bodies to Pakistan. Possibly some of these bodies were not accepted by Pakistan and they were Buried in Indian Kashmir with full Battle Honours. . Cheers
Sad and inhuman.... Mr Ahmer talked that PTI would ask for talks with this joker. Wat PTI has to do with such sick mentality. For God's sake dont drag PTI into ur personal grudges or to justify ur ill gotten money from PML-N idiots. This shocking incident is a collective failure of our society which must be paid proper attention.
women in pakistan live a miserable life yesterday karo kari today rape of dead girl yuck thooooooooo tmr acid attack......keep it up :)
While the country is facing shortage of burial grounds, the best way to solve all these problems is to burn the bodies, or otherwise our Army may be deployed to safeguard these graves.
The world knows that Pakistan competes with India to out do it. For once, we Indians concede Pakistan wins hand down.
Judging by the comments it seems like this news has shocked most readers, and to be honest it is disgusting to think about it but necrophilia is a rare mental disorder and not something new.
Aggrieved but not surprised. This is what happens when you create lust 24/7 using Media, Internet, Mobile etc. Just see the mobile companies' print and electronic advertisement for instance.
The person / persons should be nabbed and subjected to a psychological examination to find out the cause for this 'Haiwaniat'.
Girls are not safe in our countries but this is expected from only a sick person.My sympathies with the family of the deceased,
@priyank:
Women are still much better off in Pakistan. News of the past year I confirms that for sure. I heard what happened to that girl who was gang tapes and thrown off a bus with organs missing - in your federal capital. If I were you buddy id focus on fixing your own country. Thanks!
After reading this my heart is beating like crazy, i am speechless.
@Doctor: Black sheeps are in every profession. Some well educated doctors can be worst when they have an unconcious patient in front of them.
Why any1 no matter a who and what he is has to do it? Neither safe over earth nor under it!
What sort of people are living in this country, who are more worst than animals.
I am literally shocked to hear this particular news items.
As per my knowledege, it's a psycological diease called Necrophilia. In most of european nations, it's banned to show these cases in media rather they treat the doer as patient. While in our country such cases are reported to police.
@razar so when you say society was much safer in 80's and 90's you mean post Zia' era right? Being fundamental is not the solution - increasing knowledge and education is.
Poor family of the girl. We just feel pain reading this kind of news. We should always pray that God protect the most vulnerable.
sickening...how can anybody resist to puke after reading this crap.
Sick! Can people be more disgusting than this? Humanity has died in Pakistan.
Society gone for nothing. Totall lost.
this is sick man, so sick.No respect to the individual even after death?. And we were told of stories when ram and laxman paid respects to their sworn enemies after killing them in battle fields,and here in reality, dead body of a girl is raped?
For god sake how desperate the guy was..this happens when u hav a closed society
What a shameful act. Culprits should be buried alive along with the girl's body. May be this short of punishment should be made standard for such beasts.
This is where Humanity ends..
I hope the Maulvees issue a fatwa against this(unless they themselves indulge in this). And i know many comments will be rejected by mods:)
Sick people, sick people everywhere
What is going on in Pakistan?where women are not safe after death. There is no law and order for living one than who cares for the dead?
the oct 2011 story later turned out to be fraud and the guy was said to be framed by the local SHO over personal enmity .