LARKANA: A teenage rape victim, who was admitted to the trauma centre in Larkana after being assaulted, died during treatment on Sunday.
A maternal uncle of the victim told reporters that she was intellectually disabled and had been missing since Friday.
Larkana police also claimed to have gunned down one of the rape suspects in an encounter.
Police officials claimed the killed suspect was a key character in the rape case. A pistol was also found in his possession, they added.
During the encounter at Selra bypass in Ratodero, other associates of the suspect escaped and police were searching them out, said a press release issued from the SSP office.
Larkana SSP had recommended rewards for the police party involved in the encounter. Police had also released a photograph of the suspect showing the pistol lying near his dead body, he said.
On July 12, an FIR (No.122/2025) was registered with Ratodero police station on the complaint of Aamir, a close relative of the suspect, under Sections 276/2 and 377-B of PPC against the killed suspect and his alleged associate for sexual assault on the girl.
Ratodero police on Saturday picked up the suspect on charges of sexually assaulting the 15-year-old girl and began probe into the incident, after the SSP Larkana took notice of the incident.
The SSP sought report from the police station concerned about the incident, said the SSP spokesman.
The victim, a resident of Ratodero, was found unconsciousness in local stadium. She was shifted to the Taluka Hospital Ratodero where she was medically examined and later transported to the Chandka Medical College Hospital, he said.
“We searched for her but could not trace her out,” her uncle said, adding that police were also informed about the missing girl. On Saturday, people residing near the stadium informed them about her whereabouts and she was later shifted to the taluka hospital, he said.
Published in Dawn, July 14th, 2025