Sexual assault, murder: Ninth grader arrested

RAHIM YAR KHAN:

A ninth grader has been arrested by police in Khanpur for sexually assaulting and killing a six-year-old.

Rahim Yar Khan District Police Officer Sohail Zafar Chattha said the suspect had admitted to the charges when questioned. “He said he had enticed the child by promising to get her candies,” the DPO said.

Saddar police have registered a case against the suspect on a complaint filed by the father of the deceased child.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 27^th, 2012.