Prime suspect in Khairpur rape and murder case caught after 10-day search
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Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Sukkur AIG Dr Kamran Fazal, Sukkur DIG Fida Hussain and Khairpur SSP Captain (retd) Ameer Saud Magsi announced the arrest of the prime accused in the Khairpur rape and murder case in a press conference on Monday. Photo: AFP
Primary accused in Khairpur rape, murder case arrested
A seven-year-old girl from Khairpur was abducted two weeks ago. Her body was later found and a post-mortem confirmed she was strangled after being raped
Relative s DNA matched the victim s sample, the police had said a day earlier
Khairpur rape case: Relative s DNA matches seven-year-old victim s sample
Pakistan
Mon, Jan 18, 2021
The DNA tests were conducted on more than 365 suspects and a match was found with the victim s relative
Last week, police arrested five suspects in the rape and murder case of a seven-year-old girl from Khairpur.
Teams have formed made to arrest the suspect, the police added.
KHAIRPUR: Police on Monday confirmed that the DNA of a suspect in the Khairpur rape and murder case matched the victim s sample.
Last week, the police arrested five suspects in the rape and murder case of a seven-year-old girl from Khairpur.
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.