*NOWSHERA: **In an unfortunate incident, 8 years old Pakistani girl Rapedto death.*
An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Nowsheradistrict, police confirmed on Sunday. They claimed to have arrested twosuspects in the case.
The Nowshera police said that the minor girl, identified as ‘Auz Noor’, hadleft her house in the Kaka Sahib area of the district at around 3pm onSaturday for classes at the local madrassa. But when she did not returnhome by evening, the family started getting worried and went searching forher.
“Noor went missing and her body was recovered on Saturday night from awater tank meant in a field meant for watering crops,” a police officialsaid, adding that they found torture marks on the girl’s body and suspectedthat she had been allegedly raped and then murdered.
Later, medical reports from a local hospital also confirmed that the minorhad been sexually assaulted, the police source added. Asjid Jehan, thefather of the deceased minor, lodged a first information report (FIR) withthe police.
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According to the FIR, the family handed over two suspects, identified asAbshaar son of Abdullah Shah and Rafiqul Wahab to police.
The FIR further claimed the suspects had allegedly drowned Noor in thewater tank and when they saw people searching for her, they left her thereand fled.
However, the victim’s family managed to apprehend the suspects and whoallegedly confessed to killing the girl in a video. Both the suspects werethen presented before a local Jirga, which handed them over to police.
