Missing minor’s body found in water tank in Karachi

Police suspect child had entered the abandoned premises while playing and fallen into water tank

KARACHI:

A minor girl was found dead in the underground water tank of an under-construction house in Allah Bakhsh Goth, Ahsanabad on Monday.

According to SITE Super Highway SHO Safdar Mashwani, the deceased, identified as 3-year-old Alisha, had gone missing on March 12 (Friday) around 6 pm while her parents thought she was playing outside her house in Allah Bakhsh Goth.

The SHO said that Alisha's father had reported her disappearance to the police on the same day.

According to Mashwani, the house from where the minor's body was found is located in the same neighborhood and its construction was suspended nearly three years ago.

The police shifted the deceased to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and said the cause of death will be ascertained after the postmortem report is received.

As the under-construction house was vacant and had no gate, the police suspect that Alisha had entered the premises while playing and fallen into the tank.

But the aggrieved father maintained that he had checked the empty house several times while he searched for Alisha and he could not find her there.