A six-year-old girl who went to bring water from a tubewell was raped by son of the tubewell operator in Lakki Markat, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Tuesday.
Police sources said that the little girl’s condition worsened after the assault. The accused escaped from the scene.
Later, a police team reached the site and shifted the girl to the Government City Hospital in Lakki Marwat.
During treatment, two lady doctors medically examined the minor girl and confirmed rape with her.
After registering a case at Lakki Marwat Police Station, a search operation was launched to apprehend the culprit.
It is necessary to mention here that a three-year-old girl was also brutally murdered after sexual assault in the jurisdiction of the same police station.
According to the FIR, the girl went missing on April 3, after which her family began searching for her. It said that the girl’s body was found in a reed forest located around two kilometres away from her village.
It quoted the complainant as saying that the girl’s “half-naked body was found on Sunday”.
Aliullah, 32, father of the victim, told police in his preliminary report that during a search, they found the half-naked body of his daughter in the nearby forest.
The body was taken to the Government City Hospital, where a lady doctor confirmed that she had been raped, he stated.
The FIR said Additional Station House Officer Fatehullah Khan reached the hospital after receiving information about the arrival of the girl’s body.
It also quoted him as saying that a lady doctor confirmed after medical examination that the girl was raped before she was murdered.
The police search operation against the two accused is underway.
Reporter: Abdul Qayyum Wazir