Body of missing boy found

HARIPUR: The body of a minor boy, who had gone missing three days ago, was found near Sera-e-Saleh village, police and family said here on Saturday.Family sources said that Haseeb, 6, a resident of Mohallah Jandran Sera-e-Saleh, went missing in the afternoon on May 23 and the report was lodged with Sera-e-Saleh police.On Saturday afternoon, some local people found his body near River Daur bridge in Sera-e-Saleh.According to witnesses who informed the police, the body was clearly carrying torture marks on face and head, indicating that the boy’s head and face was hit with either a stone or some weapon.The naked body also indicated the possibility of sexual assault.However, police said that cause of death and any sexual assault would only be confirmed after the post-mortem report.On March 29, seven-year-old Umar Nawaz was sexually assaulted and strangled in Khanpur and his body was found near his house.

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