Multan: 9-year-old gang raped and murdered

MULTAN: A post mortem report of 9-year-old Saba revealed that the child had been gang raped and murdered.

Three people have been identified in the medical report and doctors at Nishtar Hospital said that the child had been hand cuffed and cut with a knife before she was raped several times.

“The medical report confirms that Saba died during the assault and at least three different men were involved,” said Nishtar Hospital Dr Shahid.

Saba was the eldest of Khudaad Colony resident Muhammad Farooq’s five children.

Farooq told police officials that his daughter was kidnapped on Thursday and that he had registered an FIR with the police. “On Saturday evening I found her body in a garbage dump outside my house,” Farooq said.

“A group of children found the body and my son and other daughter recognised who it was,” he said, adding that his children told him about the body.

Saba’s body was handed over to Nishtar Hospital in Multan. Medical officials conducted a post mortem and then handed the body over to the police. Cantt Police Station superintendent of police (SP) Mehmoodul Hassan assured that stern action would be taken against the criminals involved in the case.

“The medical report confirms that at least three men were involved and we have begun questioning neighbours about any suspicious activity in the area,” he said.

Police officials have apprehended three suspects in this regard.

The men’s DNA and blood samples have been sent to a lab for testing. Residents of the area have protested against the incident and said that the men responsible should be ‘hanged in public’.

“The criminals will be punished according to the law,” the SP said, adding “but there is immense public pressure on us to catch them and hand them over to the public.”

Police have lodged FIR No 24/2011 in the Cantt Police Station under Section-302 by the father of the victim, Muhammad Farooq.

Saba had two brothers and two sisters and her mother is currently in the hospital.

“My wife had a heart attack when she found out. She is still in the hospital and the doctors don’t know if she will survive,” Farooq said.

Police officials have said that they are presently waiting for the DNA results of the suspects to proceed with their investigation. “We have three suspects in custody and are waiting on the evidence,” the SP said.

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