ISLAMABAD – The police on Saturday claimed to have arrested the accused involved in a case related to the rape and murder of Farishta, a 10-year old girl killed around one month ago.
Addressing a press conference here at Rescue 15, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Operations) Waqar Uddin Syed said the person involved in murder of Farishta had been identified as 50-year old Nisar who is a resident of Alipur.
He detailed that two First Information Reports (FIRs) were registered against the accused in 2006 and 2017 with rape charges.
He said that accused was notorious in the area and residents had also complained police about his character.
The DIG (Operations) said that a team headed by SP (Investigation) probed into this case on technical grounds and more than 100 police officials participated in the investigation process.
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Waqar Uddin Syed said that parents of Farishta also complained that a person had teased her.
The report of DNA test was negative and forensic report also declined the possibility of rape, he maintained.
During the investigation process, DIG (Operations) said that further information would be revealed. He said that the police worked hard to investigate this particular case while physical remand of the accused would be sought from the relevant court on coming Monday or Tuesday.
