Pakistan: 11-year-old Hindu boy sexually assaulted, murdered in Sindh
Islamabad: An 11-year-old Hindu boy has been sexually assaulted and then murdered in Pakistan's Sindh region, media reports said on Sunday.
His body was found on Saturday in Babarloi town in Khairpur Mir's, reports The Express Tribune.
According to family members, the boy, Kaana Sachdev, went missing on Friday evening and his body was later found in an abandoned house within the limits of the Babarloi police station, the newspaper reported.
"The entire family was busy in Guru Nanak’s birthday events. We do not know how the child went missing. He was found dead in the house at 11 pm," Raj Kumar, a relative of the child told The Express Tribune.
"He was a grade five student, and was born in 2011," Kumar said, adding that the whole area was gripped by fear after the horrific incident.
The body has been shifted to Civil Hospital Sukkur for a postmortem examination.
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