The minor girl had gone missing over the weekend and her body was found from a banana orchard on Monday. — Dawn/File
Police on Tuesday arrested nine suspects after the body of a nine-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and strangulated to death, was found in Sindh's Khairpur district, officials said.
The minor girl, a resident of Laung Khan Larik area near Pir Jo Goth, had gone missing on January 9 and her body was found in a banana orchard near her home on Monday, according to Khairpur police.
Sukkur range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Fida Hussain Mastoi told
Dawn from the scene that the victim used to work as a housemaid at a house located at around a kilometre’s distance from her residence.