HYDERABAD, May 22: Body of a minor girl stuffed in a gunny bag was found near Amani Shah graveyard in Latifabad on Thursday.

The deceased girl, according to initial reports, was strangled to death. Unconfirmed reports said that the child was subjected to criminal assault.

According to Irfan Rajput, uncle of Zainab, she had gone to fetch drinking water in the morning but did not return home.

A-section police sent the body for post-mortem and them returned it to the family for burial.

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