In a gory incident, 70-year old man Muhammad Arshad and his four years old granddaughter Khadija were murdered in their home in Garden Town police precincts on Saturday. Police has shifted the dead bodies to the Jinnah Hospital morgue for autopsy and started investigations.
According to details, Adnan, son of Muhammad Arshad and father of Khadija, a resident of Abu Bakar Block in Garden Town and an employee of State Bank, left home for grocery shopping around noon, after which some unidentified people jumped inside the house from the back wall. The invaders killed Arshad and his granddaughter by smacking their heads with a sharp object and left the scene.
DIG Operations and SP Model Town circle reached the place after being informed and forensic experts collected samples from crime scene. Police said nothing had been stolen from home and it was suspected that murder might have had been a result of a rivalry. However, the cause remains a mystery.
SODOMISED: Two men were held for sodomising a ten-year old boy, Yasir, a resident of China Scheme Gujjar Pura, in Shalimar police station on Saturday. According to details, the victim worked at a carpenter’s shop. Three persons kidnapped him on Saturday when he reached his workplace and took him to an abandoned place in China Scheme. The accused left the young boy in state of unconsciousness after sodomising him and escaped. Upon getting information, the victim’s father Ali Sher lodged a complaint. Police arrested two suspects Tanvir and Abdul Latif and are on the hunt for a third fellow.
DEAD BODIES: Two dead bodies including of a newborn were found from different places in the provincial capital on Saturday. According to details, a middle aged man was found dead in Bhatti Gate police precincts. Police shifted the body to morgue after locals spotted the body. Bhatti gate Police officials said the deceased appeared to be a drug addict, and had not been identified as yet. Moreover, a newborn’s dead body was found from an empty plot of Rizwan Town in Factory Area police precincts. Police has instigated a case against unidentified persons on murder charges.
