3-year-old girl found dead after 'rape' in Mardan

MARDAN: A three-year-old girl, who went missing three days back, was found dead after allegedly being subjected to sexual abuse in Mardan.

The body of the minor was found in an open sewer in Takht-i-Bahi’s Mian Mohib Shah neighbhourhood.

The residents of the area spotted the body of the child and informed the local police about it.

Subsequently, the police arrived at the crime scene and shifted the body to a nearby medical facility for autopsy.

Quoting initial investigation, sources told ARY News, the minor had been subjected to sexual abuse before being murdered.

However, it would only be clear after her medical examination.

The minor girl’s family members said she had disappeared three days back. Following her disappearance, her relatives began looking for her but failed to find any clue about her whereabouts.

A campaign was also launched on social media to track down the missing child, but to no avail.

Police are yet clueless about the culprit(s).

Earlier, a four-year-old girl, identified as Asma, was found dead from sugarcane fields in Mardan on January 17.

She had gone missing on January 13 from Jandarpar Gujjar Garhi area of Mardan. She was also alleged to have been sexually abused, but her medical examination said otherwise according to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police.