The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police said Saturday they had arrested a suspect after a 13-year-old maid was allegedly raped and murdered in Abbottabad last night, reported 24NewsHd TV channel.
According to a report by a resident of Nagri Bala, his 13-year-old daughter, who had been working as a maid in the house of accused Haris Latif, son of Shahid Latif, Habibullah Colony Street No. 9 for some time, was tortured and killed by the accused last night.
According to the initial reports, the victim’s body was brought to the hospital last night, where doctors examined it and found evidence of torture and rape.
A postmortem was conducted at Ayub Medical Complex in Abbottabad.
Mirpur police arrested the accused and registered a case under Section 302/376 PPC 53 CPA and started further investigation.
The accused is an employee of the Motor Vehicle Examiner of the government department.
The innocent girl was hired by the accused as a 24-hour domestic servant for Rs 8,000 per month. The accused belongs to a Nawab family of Mansehra district.