SIALKOT: The body of a minor boy who went missing two days back was found in the fields adjacent to the Daska Municipal Stadium on Saturday.

Seven-year-old Zain, son of trader Nasir, had been missing for the last two days. He was playing in a street in front of his house when he disappeared.

Police said some unidentified suspect had kidnapped the child and raped him. Later, he strangled the child and threw dead body into the fields. Police shifted the body to the Daska Civil Hospital for autopsy.

Published in Dawn, August 8th, 2021

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