One killed in aftermath of child’s rape and murder in Karachi

KARACHI: A man was shot dead and a dozen others, including 10 policemen, suffered wounds from gunshots and stone pelting during a violent demonstration in Manghopir, in the aftermath of the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl on Tuesday.

The six-year-old child, Rabia went missing from her Orangi Town house on Saturday afternoon, and on Monday her body was found near the Pakistan Hotel, Northern Bypass. The minor, according to autopsy, was subjected to sexual assault before being strangled to death.

Struck with grief, the victim’s grandfather Abdul Qadir accused three people including Raheem Kareem Bakhsh, Faqeer Muhammad and Fazal Ghulam Rasool for the child's disappearance. Two of them Bakhsh and Rasool were rounded up by police, while the third was at large till the filing of reports. The SP Orangi Town, Abid Ali Baloch, claimed arresting two of the three suspects and added their DNA samples was sent for analysis.