13-year-old found mysteriously dead in her home in Quetta

QUETTA: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered after she was found dead in her home under mysterious circumstances in Quetta’s Killi Ismail area.

Hospital authorities have claimed that that victim was sexually abused before being allegedly murdered after the brother of the victim found her sister dead inside their home when he returned.

According to details, Kamran, the elder brother of the victim, said that when he came back from the bazaar, he found her sister dead inside a room of the house. He also informed that her sister was an orphan and alone at the time of the incident.

“My mother and a sister have gone to Punjab,” he added.

A high-level police investigation team, comprising senior officers from the special branch, counter-terrorism department and crime branch, has been formed to probe the brutal act.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jawad Ahmed Tariq said that the DNA samples would be sent to Lahore for the forensic report.

An initial report of the incident has been filed at Jinnah Town police station, however, a case has not been registered yet.

Meanwhile, Quetta Civil Hospital spokesman Waseem Baig, where the postmortem examination was conducted, told leading English daily that the child was subjected to rape before being murdered. The SSP, however, refrained from taking a position on the matter, maintaining that the case’s final report will be shared upon the completion of the investigation.

Newly elected Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo also took notice of the incident and ordered the police to apprehend the culprit within 48 hours.