PESHAWAR: Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police claimedon Thursday that a breakthrough was expected in the Asma rape and murdercase.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police received the DNA test report that was sent fromthe Punjab Forensic Laboratory. “We will soon announce a breakthrough inthe case of Asma,” he said.
DIG Alam Khan Shinwari said that DNA samples of 243 suspects had been sentto the laboratory for tests.
Asma was found dumped in a sugarcane field near her house in Mardan onJanuary 14 after she went missing on an earlier day while she was playingoutside her house located in Gujjar Garhi area of Mardan.
Earlier, family of the little girl, local authorities and doctors hadvoiced suspicion that she was subjected to sexual assault before she wasstrangulated to death.
Confirming the rape assault on the toddler, Director General PFSA DrMohammad Ashraf Tahir had said DNA tests were carried out on samplesgarnered from the crime scene that shows she was raped.
Inspector General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Salahuddin Mehsud earliersaid the police are waiting for the forensic report.
Earlier today, the Supreme Court of Pakistan took suo motu notice of sexualassault and murder of the girl.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar summoned a probe report onAsma case from chief of provincial police within 24 hours.