LAHORE: The prime suspect in Zainab murder case Imran Arshad, in a videoobtained by ARY News, confessed that he lured the seven-year-old rape-slayvictim to come with him by saying that they will be meeting her parents,ARY News reported.
Imran Arshad, who was the victim’s neighbour, was arrested on January 23after his DNA sample matched the sample obtained from the crime scenefollowing which he confessed raping at least eight girls including ZainabAnsari.
In the video obtained by ARY News today, the accused is telling theinterrogators that he lured Zainab to come with him by saying that he willtake her to her parents (both of whom were performing Umrah then)
Kidnapped on January 4 and found from a garbage heap on January 9, Zainab’sautopsy report suggested that the minor was sexually assaulted before beingstrangulated to death.
The girl’s rape and murder sparked outrage among the residents of the cityand whole of Pakistan with social activists and general public starting atrend #JusticeForZainab on social media.
Zainab’s parents were performing Umrah when the incident occurred, as theylanded back in Pakistan, they demanded justice from Chief Justice ofPakistan and Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
On January 21, the Supreme Court gave three days’ time to a jointinvestigation team formed to probe the rape and murder of Zainab to trackdown the culprit.
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