KARACHI: The body of a 25-year-old girl was discovered at a garbage dump near Super Highway area of Karachi, local police has confirmed, saying an investigation is underway.
Police confirmed visible signs of torture on the body, however, the identity of the 25-year-old girl remained unknown at the moment.
Police said the victim was wearing jewelry made from gold and expensive clothing, which meant she could have been killed elsewhere and her body left in the highway.
The body is taken to the morgue for legal formalities.
Earlier in July, bodies of a young woman and minor girl were found murdered in Korangi.
Police said that the bodies of the 30-year-old woman and five-year-old girl were recovered from a garbage dump on Korangi Causeway.
The bodies were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre to fulfill medico-legal formalities.
Police Surgeon Summaiya Syed said that there were “multiple incised wounds and fractured skulls, which led to their death”. She added that all swabs had been collected for serology and DNA tests.
