Seven-year-old boy killed in mysterious circumstances

The body of a seven-year-old boy, whose throat had been slit, was found in bushes in Federal B Area on Wednesday afternoon.

The body was found within the limits of the Yousuf Plaza police station near the Cardio hospital Federal B Area Block 16. Station House Officer (SHO) Shahid Rao told The News that around 3:30pm, a call was received by the Madadgar-15 that informed it about an injured boy found in bushes.

A police team rushed to the location in Federal B Area Block-16 and shifted the injured boy, Abhan Mazhar, to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. SHO Rao said the boy was alive when he was found and when people heard him screaming, they immediately contacted the Madadgar-15.

Eyewitnesses told the police that after hearing the noise, they came out and saw the child lying injured. He was trying to speak but was unable to do so. They added that they had not seen any suspect near the boy when they found him.

The boy was found behind the Cardio hospital, the police said, adding that various police teams were working on the case and efforts were being made to obtain CCTV footage. Abhan was a resident of Federal B Area Block 16. He was a student of second grade and the second of three brothers. According to his relatives, he had left home two hours ago for some reason and the family had no enmity with anyone.

SHO Rao said they had talked to Mazhar, the bereaved father, who said his son studied in a private school of the area and as he worked in a private firm, he had hired a private person to pick and drop his son from school.

The father said that as per the daily routine, Abhan had returned from school at 2pm but after a few minutes, someone knocked the door of his residence and the boy again left the house. It was at around 3:30pm, the family received the information about the boy’s death. The father told the police that he had no enmity with anyone and he did not know who had killed his son.

Samanabad DSP Asghar Mehdi told the media that the child died on his way to the hospital. He added that a woman of a nearby flat first saw the child and shouted for help. A case has been reported and investigations are under way.