Haripur: 7-year-old boy strangled to death after rape

Last updated on: 30 March,2019 03:19 pm

7-year-old boy strangled to death after rape in Haripur.

KHANPUR (Dunya News) – A seven-year-old boy was strangled to death after rape in Haripur’s tehsil Khanpur, Dunya News reported on Friday.

The victim was a student of class one whose dead body was recovered from a garbage pile. The police have started investigations after the appalling incident took place.

The victim’s family has demanded the higher authorities to provide justice and trace the culprit as soon as possible. 

An accused was arrested in Haripur whom allegedly sexually assaulted and killed a seven-year-old boy before dumping his body in the pile of garbage.

Locals found the body of abused Omar Nawaz in a village of Khanpur tehsil and informed the police.

Police arrived at the crime scene and took the body in their custody.

Police reported that the boy was strangled to death with a wire after he was sexually abused by his own relative.

Accused Shoaib, whom victimized the boy, was a close relative of the deceased.

Omar, who was missing since Thursday noon, was a first-grader residing in Marchabad.

Police confirmed the sexual abuse when the autopsy was conducted at Khanpur Hospital.

Police arrested the suspect in a very timely action today.