Eight-year-old brutally slain to snatch gold earrings

An eight years old girl was brutally murdered in Sakrand, Benazirabad district, apparently for stealing the tiny gold jewelry she was wearing. Dead body of eight years old Heer Bhagri, daughter of Lalu Bhagri, was found dumped on a plot in Asghar Colony on Tuesday.

According to SHO Sakrand police station Ali Akbar Channa, her throat was slit while one of her arms and both ears were also cut off. The police despite searching could not find her amputated hand. Channa said the child had gone missing at around 11am o Monday while visiting residence of her maternal grandparents.

The Sakrand police on Tuesday lodged an FIR under section 302 and 201 of Pakistani Penal Code, nominating unknown suspects on complaint of Lalu. The police told the media that some suspects have been detained for interrogation.

The dead body's postmortem was performed at Sakrand taluka hospital. SSP Investigation Anil Haider on Tuesday visited the crime scene besides meeting the crestfallen family. According to her parents, the child was wearing gold jewelry in her ears and arm. The jewelry could not be found from the place where her body was left.

Woman killed

A woman who was reportedly sleeping in her house was shot dead and her mother was injured in an armed attack reportedly carried out due to some personal conflict between two groups of Chandio community. The incident happened late on Monday night in Moro. Slain woman Shama Chandio, wife of Sadiq Chandio, breathed her last in the hospital while her mother, Sughra Chandio, was shifted to a hospital in Benazirabad.