Tragic: Missing six-year-old found dead

RAWALPINDI: The body of a missing six-year-old boy was found in an underground water tank in the Wazir Colony area. Sattar went missing two days back and his parents had lodged a complaint with the local police, which found the body in a water tank at an under-construction building. The police shifted the body to a hospital for autopsy before handing it over to the family. Airport SHO Chaudhry Jamil said the boy may have fallen into the water tank while walking through the area. The SHO said that the medical report found no signs of torture or other ante-mortem injuries. He said that the police will, however, investigate all angles.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 11^th, 2016.