Mysterious murder of a girl in Mansehra village

MANSEHRA: The body of a girl student was found hanging with the ceiling of a room adjacent to a cattle pen in Khel village in the limits of Pulrah Police Station on Friday night.

“We launched investigation into the incident to know what had actually happened to her. We also took the body to hospital for autopsy,” Inspector Jamal Zeb, spokesman of the police, said.

“The medical report has confirmed that she was killed. We are lodging the first information report (FIR) under Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code and the perpetrators would be brought to justice,” he added.

The medical report suggested that the body bore bruises and it seemed the victim resisted being hanged with the rope. “We are going to lodge the FIR against father of the victim girl as he had registered a case stating that his daughter committed suicide,” Jamal Zeb said.

He maintained that it would be premature to determine the motive behind the murder.

Jamal Zeb denied that the victim was put to death after being sexually assaulted, saying the medical report didn’t confirm it.

Our correspondent in Mingora adds: A girl committed suicide over unknown reasons at Matta tehsil in Swat district on Saturday.

It was learnt that daughter of one Shah Gul ended her life by taking poisonous pills over unknown reasons at Jana locality in Matta tehsil.Her body was shifted to the hospital for autopsy and later handed over to the family members for burial.