GUJAR KHAN: The Punjab police chief has taken notice of the mysterious disappearance and later on killing of a 10-year-old girl.

The girl went missing four days ago and on Monday evening her body was recovered from a well near her village Dulmi in the jurisdiction of Gujar Khan police station.

Shabana bibi wife of Rashid(an expat) resident of Dulmi had reported to the local police that her daughter went missing on April 5.

According to DSP/ SDPO Saleem Khatak, the police had started search operation in the surrounding area and on Monday evening he body was spotted in a well. According to the officer the police have rounded up some suspects from the locality soon after retrieval of the body.

The postmortem has also been conducted on the body at THQ hospital Gujar Khan and police are investigating the crime from various angles, the SDPO said.

He said the chemical examination reports would also help in ascertaining the facts.

Published in Dawn, April 10th, 2024

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