Unexplained: Nine-year-old girl sexually assaulted, strangled
The accused were arrested and produced before a judicial magistrate who handed them in physical remand for two days.
ABBOTTABAD:
A minor girl was allegedly sexually assaulted and then strangled to death in a village close to Abbottabad city, police said on Friday.
Cantonment police quoted Abid Khan, a resident of Lower Salhad, saying his daughter Fateha Bibi, 9, went to buy groceries from the village shop but did not return even after an hour.
The complainant said in the evening, a woman from the neighbouring house came and informed them that Bibi’s body was hanging from the shower in their bathroom.
Police recovered the body and shifted it to District Headquarters Hospital where doctors confirmed the victim was sexually assaulted before being strangled. However, the accused denied any involvement in the murder of Bibi, claiming she committed suicide in their bathroom.
The accused were arrested and produced before a judicial magistrate who handed them in physical remand for two days.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 28th, 2014.
A minor girl was allegedly sexually assaulted and then strangled to death in a village close to Abbottabad city, police said on Friday.
Cantonment police quoted Abid Khan, a resident of Lower Salhad, saying his daughter Fateha Bibi, 9, went to buy groceries from the village shop but did not return even after an hour.
The complainant said in the evening, a woman from the neighbouring house came and informed them that Bibi’s body was hanging from the shower in their bathroom.
Police recovered the body and shifted it to District Headquarters Hospital where doctors confirmed the victim was sexually assaulted before being strangled. However, the accused denied any involvement in the murder of Bibi, claiming she committed suicide in their bathroom.
The accused were arrested and produced before a judicial magistrate who handed them in physical remand for two days.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 28th, 2014.