Karachi toddler Kulsoom murder: DNA evidence reveals key clues

KARACHI, June 24: Police have taken DNA samples from 8 suspects in the rape and murder of a 3-year-old Kulsoom from Quaidabad. Investigators say relatives of the child are among them.

All 8 were sent to Jinnah Hospital for testing on Wednesday, sources told ARY News. Early evidence suggests a close relative may be involved.

Post-mortem found human hair and multiple DNA traces on the child’s clothes, with marks of resistance. Karchi police now believe more than one person could be involved.

Sindh IGP Javed Alam Odho ordered a high-level investigation committee. DIG East will lead it.

The team includes SSP SIU, SSP Malir, SSP Special Branch Intelligence, SP Investigation Malir, the local DSP, SIO and the case IO. Officers from key law enforcement agencies are also on board.

Odho told the committee to review every angle and update him daily. He said those behind the “heinous crime” against an innocent child deserve no leniency.

“Use all available resources to arrest the culprits quickly and ensure the strictest punishment under law,” he directed officers. “Delivering justice to the family is Sindh Police’s top priority.”

Police have detained several suspects for questioning. Medical exams will be done for all of them, officials said. The investigation continues.

Earlier, police found the body of a three-year-old girl packed inside a sack with signs of torture hours after she went missing.

According to rescue sources, the child’s body was immediately shifted to the hospital for legal formalities and a post-mortem examination.

Karachi police said the girl, identified as Kulsoom, had gone missing around noon after leaving her home to play outside.

According to the First Information Report (FIR), registered on the complaint of the victim’s father, Qasim, at Quaidabad Police Station, he had left for work at around 10 a.m. At approximately 4:30 p.m., his wife informed him by phone that their daughter had been missing since around noon.

The complainant stated that he returned home immediately and searched extensively for the child but was unable to locate her. Later, at around 7:45 p.m., he returned to the neighborhood and found a crowd gathered near his residence.

According to the FIR, neighbors informed him that his daughter’s body had been found inside a flour sack.

The complaint further stated that unidentified persons had killed the child and dumped her body near the gate of the street.

Residents transported the girl to a hospital, where doctors informed the family that she had died several hours earlier, according to the FIR.

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