A Hindu girl who had been missing for the last three days from Karachi’s Saddar Cantonment area was found dead in Gharo. Police said the victim’s fiancé was involved in the crime and has been arrested.
According to police, the body of an unidentified girl was found on the night of March 11 on a hill near the filter plant in Gharo. Later, Prem Chand Harijan, a resident of Karachi Saddar, identified the body as that of his 22-year-old daughter Chetna.
The victim, a resident of Cantt Board Saddar, had been missing for three days. Her postmortem was conducted at the Rural Health Centre Gharo. A case (No. 39/2026) was registered at the Dhabeji police station under sections 302, 311 and 34 on the complaint of the girl’s maternal uncle, Ravi Kumar Harijan.
DIG Hyderabad Tariq Razzaq Dharejo formed a special team comprising senior officers to investigate the case. Police said the team led by Dhabeji SHO Inspector Mubeen Parhyar solved the blind murder case within 24 hours and arrested the suspect, Raj Veer Harijan.
During the initial interrogation, the suspect allegedly confessed to the crime. Police said the accused was the victim’s fiancé, who had lured her out of the house on the pretext of taking her for an outing. He then allegedly took her to his house and sexually assaulted her.
