A man, accused of committing the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl in Karachi’s Federal B area, has confessed to his crime before the court of a judicial magistrate on Monday.
During the hearing of the case pertaining to the rape and killing of the toddler, police presented the accused in the court where he recorded his statement under Section 164 of the code of criminal procedure (CrPC).
Following his admission of the crime, the court ordered sending the man named Naseer, who was a rickshaw driver and neighbour of the victim, to jail.
The accused had already confessed his crime on October 10 — a day after the little girl’s body was found near her home on the morning of October 9.
The police said that he had put the victim’s body in a sack before throwing it on the street. He was handed over to police by people of the neighbourhood.
The toddler’s body was found on a street near her residence in Gulberg. It had a dupatta tied around her neck as a noose — indicating that she may have been strangled.
According to the police, an image extracted from CCTV footage of the accused was obtained. In the footage, the accused was seen carrying the victim’s body in a sack.
Police officials also mentioned that the rape of the toddler was confirmed in the post-mortem report and that the suspect is being interrogated as part of the case’s investigation.
