SAHIWAL: The body of a five-year-old girl who went missing on Dec 3 was found in the fields near Chak 90/9-L on Friday.

Ghala Mandi police suspect the girl was raped before being killed.

Gulzar Hussain, a resident of Imran Town, on the outslcirts of Chak 90/9-L, told police that his daughter went missing while playing in the courtyard of the house as the family was taking dinner.

The family searched for her in the street and made announcement in the village mosque but did not find any trace of the child.

Ghala Mandi Station House Officer Imdad Baloch visited the family the same night. Police reg-istered a case.

The search for the girl continued for the next two days. On Friday, a man found the child`s body in the fields.

Police sent the body to the DHQ Teaching Hospital for post-mortem.

Police investigation suggests the rapist and killer belonged to the Imran Town locality that had just 20 houses and nobody came from outside it.

DPO Cap Retired Muhammad Ali Zia told Dawn the police had taken some suspects in custody for interrogation.

He said forensic evidence and samples had been sent for DNA analysis to forensic laboratory in Lahore. Correspondentistered a case.

The search for the girl continued for the next two days. On Friday, a man found the child`s body in the fields.

Police sent the body to the DHQ Teaching Hospital for post-mortem.

Police investigation suggests the rapist and killer belonged to the Imran Town locality that had just 20 houses and nobody came from outside it.

DPO Cap Retired Muhammad Ali Zia told Dawn the police had taken some suspects in custody for interrogation.

He said forensic evidence and samples had been sent for DNA analysis to forensic laboratory in Lahore. Correspondent