Teenager girl gang raped, murdered in AJK

Teenager girl gang raped, murdered in AJK

MUZZAFARABAD – The body of a teenage girl, who disappeared three weeks ago, was recovered from a stormwater drain in district Poonch of Azad Kashmir early Saturday morning.

The initial postmortem report revealed that the 16-year-old girl was gang-raped and then murdered.

The girl, who hails from a surrounding area of Ali Sojal, had disappeared about three weeks ago, her parents said.

Soon after the body was found, the victim’s family staged a protest claiming that they had registered a complaint when the girl disappeared. But the area police had not taken any action, they added.

Police said they were investigating the rape-murder case.