KARACHI: Young girl commits suicide

Published October 27, 2002

KARACHI, Oct 26: A teenaged girl was found hanging in her Baloch Colony house on Saturday.

According to Edhi sources, the girl was identified as Zareen, 19. The family believed the girl had committed suicide. The police also reached the spot and took the body in their custody. Till the filing of this report, the body was on its way to the hospital.

ARRESTS: The Karachi police arrested 28 suspects in different areas of the city during the last 24 hours, adds APP.

This was announced in a police statement issued on Saturday.

He said six pistols, two daggers, three bottles of liquor, 145 grams of charas, 12 grams of heroin, 12 bombs and the cash at stake were seized from them.

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