News @ 3 - 17th January 2018

MARDAN: As the country is still reeling over brutal rape and murder of little girl Zainab in Kasur, another horrific case has come to light of an underage girl from Mardan who was sexually assaulted by an unidentified culprit before being murdered.

Four-year-old Asma was murdered in Jandarpar Gujjar Garhi area of Mardan. The girl was playing outside her home when she went missing and later her body with torture-marks was found from the fields.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IGP Salahuddin Mehsud says rape could not be confirmed as yet and the things would be clear only after receiving report from the forensic lab in Lahore.