BAHAWALPUR: A man in Bahawalpur was arrested for raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl
Police said that the suspect, Imran – a close relative of the victim — abducted the child from outside her home on September 14, raped her and then killed her.
The girl’s body was recovered from a field on Sept 15, which the police subsequently sent for post-mortem. After the child’s medical report confirmed sexual abuse the police collected DNA samples of 35 people for testing – including family members and relatives.
According to District Police Officer (DPO) Bahawalpur Ameer Taimoor Khan, Imran’s DNA matched with the child’s after which he was arrested immediately.
He has also confessed to the crime, police said.
