Boy sexually abused, killed in Faisalabad

FAISALABAD: Police say the body of a teenaged boy allegedly abused before being killed was found in Faisalabad amid countrywide public outrage over a similar crime in Kasur, Geo News reported. Faizan Bashir, 15, who was a student of 9th class, was missing since Tuesday night. According to police, his body was found from fields outside a village, Chak-243-RB, in Dijkot area of Faisalabad district. Following post-mortem, police handed over the body to the family, while a case has also been registered. Police said they had yet to ascertain the cause of death. But the doctor who carried out the post-mortem suspected that the boy was sexually abused before being strangled. “It is my opinion that the victim was first subjected to sodomy and then strangled. Marks on the hands and feet of the victim appear to show signs of resistance,” said Dr Khalid Iqbal, in charge of rural health centre Dijkot.