Lahore: Post-mortem confirms 7 year old Alishba tortured before murder
Signs of torture were seen on Alishba's body and recorded during initial post-mortem report.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – A post-mortem report on Tuesday confirmed that a 7 year old kid named Alishba was first tortured and then murdered by her step-mother. Police registered the case on the request of her biological mother Khadija against her ex-husband Khurram and his second wife Ghania and arrested both suspects.
According to the details, Khadija, a resident of Mehran block in Allama Iqbal Town had earlier accused that Khurram and Ghania had tortured and murdered her daughter Alishba. During the interrogation, both suspects denied the allegations saying Alishba died due to injuries from falling down the stairs while she was playing. Madiya Khadija wed Khurram in 2008. The marriage ended in a divorce in 2011 after which Khurram remarried with Ghania. Both daughters of Khadija, Alishba and Zoha, lived with their father and their stepmother.
The body of the young child was handed over to the family after post-mortem. According to sources, signs of torture were seen on Alishba’s body and recorded during initial post-mortem report. A deep wound was also seen on the back of her head.
Police have stated that the facts surrounding the murder will be further cleared once the final post-mortem report was released.
