Lower Mall police claim to have arrested a suspect who allegedly killed a minor girl and threw her body in a drain.

Identified as Aralan, the suspect confessed to his crime and took the police to the drain where he dumped the body of the girl.

The police have launched a search for the recovery of the girl’s body.

A police official said the girl was allegedly kidnapped some three weeks back and a case was lodged against unidentified persons. He said the police took Arsalan into custody over suspicion.

During interrogation, he told the police that he kidnapped and killed the girl as he had a grudge against her maternal uncle.

Source: Dawn