Murderer of eight-year-old seminary student arrested in Faisalabad

FAISALABAD: Person accused of raping and killing an eight-year-old seminary student has been found out to be a boy of 16, according to the police.

Police said they have arrested the boy, also a student at the seminary, who raped then pushed down the roof an eight-year-old in Faisalabad. The accused also confessed to killing another student of the same seminary eight months back.

Two days back, body of eight-year-old Ramzan was found outside a seminary in an area of Ali Garden in Faisalabad. Police said the body bore torture marks.

However, when the police arrested the 16-year-old boy over suspicion, among others, he confessed to killing Ramzan.

During interrogation, the accused also told the police he killed another student, nine-year-old Noor Agha, of the seminary and threw his body in an empty plot near by after wrapping it in a burlap sack eight months back.