KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Thursday handed over a 20-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting and murdering a six-year-old boy to police on a five-day physical remand.
The child’s body had been found in an empty plot near Karachi’s Lea Market on the night of July 7, a day after he went missing. Police said that although doctors had collected samples to ascertain sexual assault, the arrested suspect had confessed during the initial probe to kidnapping the boy for that purpose.
Napier police presented the suspect at City Courts on Thursday under tight security, with his face covered.
The investigation officer (IO) requested a 14-day physical remand, seeking time to interrogate the suspect to arrest his accomplices.
The IO also informed the court that a provision related to rape had been added to the case.