GUJRANWALA: Police on Sunday arrested a taxi driver for allegedly killing a nine-year-old boy after rape in Nosheran Virkan.

On Friday afternoon, ‘Ta’, a resident of Chan Colony, went out for playing but did not return home, His parents approached the Nosheran Virkan police on Saturday after a search. Police had registered a case.

On Saturday night, someone told the police that he had seen the boy lying unconscious in a cab. A team conducted a raid and arrested the driver, a resident of the same locality. During investigation, the suspect confessed to have killed the boy after rape. On his indication, police recovered the body from Nokhar drain. The autopsy confirmed rape. The body was handed over to the family.

Later, the locals placed the body on the road and staged a demonstration.

After the protest, the body was taken to Dogranwala village where Assistant Commissioner Naveedul Islam, DSP Khalid Husain and MNA Azhar Qayyum Nahra also attended the funeral.

Police have shifted the suspect to some unknown place for investigation.

Published in Dawn, February 19th, 2018

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