MULTAN: A two and-a-half years old girl was killed after, as the family suspects, rape on Tuesday.

A resident of Ahlpur, Mumtazbad went missing and was later found in a critical condition.

She was shifted to Nishtar Hospital where she lost her life during treatment.

The family suspected that the girl lost her life due to rape. However, the investigation officer of Mumtazabad police said the postmortem examination of the girl was yet to be conducted.

Published in Dawn, January 7th, 2015

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