Police find teenage girl’s body in Lahore
Officials say body bore torture marks; investigation under way
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LAHORE:
Police in Lahore have found the body of a teenage girl which bore marks of torture.
According to Police Sub Inspector Muhammad Ashraf, a passerby informed them about the discovery of the body outside Mayo Hospital’s morgue in the city.
Ashraf added that the body bore torture marks, with the fingers and hands containing bruises.
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“Circumstantial evidence suggests the victim might have been tortured before her death,” he said, but said there were no signs she was strangled to death.
The body was moved to the morgue for autopsy. The police registered statements of eyewitnesses, collected evidence and sent them to a laboratory for further investigation.
Police further said they were waiting for the results of the autopsy and have initiated a search for the family of the victim.
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On July 22, Lahore police retrieved body of a five-year-old boy who had gone missing on Eid from a pond in Shahdara area.
They said the deceased had disappeared from the premises of Jehangir’s Tomb which the family had come to see on July 20.
Police in Lahore have found the body of a teenage girl which bore marks of torture.
According to Police Sub Inspector Muhammad Ashraf, a passerby informed them about the discovery of the body outside Mayo Hospital’s morgue in the city.
Ashraf added that the body bore torture marks, with the fingers and hands containing bruises.
Read: Fatality: Missing minor found dead
“Circumstantial evidence suggests the victim might have been tortured before her death,” he said, but said there were no signs she was strangled to death.
The body was moved to the morgue for autopsy. The police registered statements of eyewitnesses, collected evidence and sent them to a laboratory for further investigation.
Police further said they were waiting for the results of the autopsy and have initiated a search for the family of the victim.
Read: Female university student shot dead under mysterious circumstances by friend's housemaid in Lahore
On July 22, Lahore police retrieved body of a five-year-old boy who had gone missing on Eid from a pond in Shahdara area.
They said the deceased had disappeared from the premises of Jehangir’s Tomb which the family had come to see on July 20.