Five-year-old boy gang-raped, murdered

DIJKOT

The body of a five-year-old boy who was brutally gang-raped and murdered in the Bahlak area was handed over to his family after a postmor-tem examination.

The police have registered a case against three accused under sections murder, gang rape, and concealment of the body. Muhammad Safdar, a resident of Pindi Sheikh Musa, filed a case with the Bahlak police stating that on December 15, his wife Neelam returned home after cutting fodder, but their five-year-old son was missing.

Safdar and his family became worried and began searching for Huzaifa. During their search, Muhammad Hasnain and Allah Datta informed them that his son was taken to Sarwar Shah's garden by the accused, Labbi, Waqas, and Baney Khan. When they went to the mustard field, they found the boy's lifeless body buried in the ground.

His trousers were torn, and there were scratches on his neck. Dirt was also found in his mouth. According to Safdar, the accused, after consulting each other, gang-raped and murdered his five-year-old son. They then dug a hole and buried his body.

The Bahlak police handed over the body to heirs after conducting a postmortem examination and registered a case against the accused under sections 302-376, 201/34 PPC.

Meanwhile, a seven-year-old boy was seduced by the accused Abdullah and sexually abused. ASI Atif Mughal, incharge of the outpost, Sabzi market, raided and arrested the accused and remanded him in custody.

name of victim withheld to protect identity