LAHORE: A serial child rapist was killed in Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) police custody in Ferozewala on Wednesday.

A police spokesman said Haroon, 22, was arrested by the CIA police for abducting and raping seven minor girls in different areas of the city.

He said swabs of the suspect were taken and after forensic and DNA tests it was confirmed that he raped the minor girls after abducting them.

He said the suspect used to lure minor girls to deserted places and sexually assault them.

A police party was taking the suspect to the place where he had committed the offence when he allegedly tried to snatch a rifle from a policeman that went off, killing him (Haroon) on the spot.

Published in Dawn, August 20th, 2015

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