Suspects arrested after body of raped minor found in Charsadda

Eight suspects were arrested by police after the body of a minor girl was found in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Charsadda town.

According to police, the minor girl was kidnapped and then sexually assaulted before being brutally murdered, and her body bears torture marks.

The police refused to share further details as it would “affect the investigation”.

Dr Maimuna at the district headquarters (DHQ) hospital said that an initial probe confirmed that the minor had been raped.

Details of minor raped case

Residents and police said the minor girl had gone missing on Tuesday evening in Sheikh Kallay Qilla area while playing with other children outside her house.

On Wednesday, the Prang police got information about the body of a girl lying in Jabba Korona area.

The Prang and Daudzai police recovered the body and shifted it to the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar for postmortem.

District Police Officer (DPO) Charsadda Mohammad Shoaib Khan said that;

Police had initially registered a first information report (FIR) in the Prang police station, against unknown kidnappers on the complaint of the girl’s father.

It was reported that she was abducted on October 6, 2020.

He said that doctors have also identified animal claw marks on the body.

The DPO said that;

The geo-fencing of the crime scene has been carried out and the girl’s DNA samples have been sent to a forensic laboratory and the results are awaited.

He said that a case has been registered against unknown suspects with clauses of kidnapping and murder included.

A special investigation team under Superintendent of Police (SP) Darwesh Khan has been formed to probe the matter.

The girl’s father said that the family has no enmity with anyone.

According to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Charsadda Sanaullah Abbasi, the police have “gathered some evidence” and the results of the DNA report will take some time.