GOJRA: The police have taken a 15-year-old boy into custody on suspicion of raping and killing a minor here.
According to police, the arrested boy is the eight-year-old victim’s cousin, who was arrested after the minor’s body was found in nearby agricultural fields.
Following the incident, Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif had sought a report from the district police officer of Toba Tek Singh. The chief minister had expressed grief over the tragic incident and ordered the authorities concerned to ensure swift delivery of justice to the bereaved family.
It is pertinent to note that a number of rape and murder cases of minors have surfaced ever since that of Kasur’s Zainab earlier this year. The minor’s abduction, rape and murder had shaken the whole nation.
