Man held for sodomy, murder

Published September 5, 2008

GUJRANWALA, Sept 4: Satellite Town police claimed on Thursday to have arrested a man who allegedly killed a minor boy after sodomy.

Aman Ali of Majid Colony was playing outside his house when Qadir Abbas of Sabri Chowk kidnapped him on Aug 31, took him to Rata Jhal Upper Chenab Canal and sodomised him. Later he killed the boy and threw his body in a field. Police recovered the body from the field on Sept 1 and arrested Qadir on Thursday. —Correspondent

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