KARACHI: Police on Friday claimed to have arrested another man nominated in a case pertaining to the rape and murder of a minor girl in the Manghopir area.

DIG West Amir Farooqi confirmed the arrest of the suspect and said that he along with his detained accomplice “have given all details about the incident and the motive behind it”.

“We are waiting for [the results of the] DNA tests before we can officially confirm the involvement of the said persons in the case,” said the DIG.

Two other police officers familiar with the case told Dawn that during initial investigations the held suspects identified the place and the police also recovered some missing belongings of the victim girl from there.

They said that the family of the deceased girl had nominated three suspects and it was believed earlier that they did so over some enmity.

On April 14, the nominated suspects stormed a house in Baloch Para of Orangi Town and beat residents over some matrimonial dispute.

They said that a woman, Nawabzadi, was married to the brother of one of the suspects and she was also a cousin of the victim girl’s father.

Published in Dawn, April 21st, 2018

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