Specially-abled rape victim dies in hospital

A specially-abled girl, 15 years old Dua Abro, who was allegedly subjected to rape in Larkana district died during medical treatment at the Trauma Center Larkana on Sunday.

The news about her death became known hours after the suspect who had allegedly raped the girl was shot dead in a police encounter.

The district's SSP Ahmed Faisal Chaudhry told the media that the suspect Rizwan Kaalu sustained a fatal gunshot during an exchange of fire with the police.

He claimed that Kaalu was hit by a bullet fired by his own accomplices who later escaped from the spot.

According to him, the police team was attacked when they raided a place to arrest Kaalu.

The deceased girl had gone missing after she left her residence in Kambar Naka area in Ratodero town of Larkana on July 11, her uncle Asad Abro told the media.

A day later she was found unconscious and injured near Ratodero Stadium. The initial medical examination suggested rape of the victim as per Taluka Hospital's Medical Superintendent Dr Shah Hussain Shah.