Islamabad, Jan. 26 (TNS): Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar has taken notice of the murder of four-year-old Asma in Mardan.
He has sought report from Inspector-General Police of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa within 24 hours.
Earlier in the day, Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) confirmed that minor victim was subjected to sexual assault.
Body of Asma was found dumped in a sugarcane field near her house in Mardan on January 14 after she went missing on an earlier day while she was playing outside her house located in Gujjar Garhi area of Mardan.
Earlier, family of the little girl, local authorities and doctors had voiced suspicion that she was subjected to sexual assault before she was strangulated to death.
Confirming the rape assault on the toddler, Director General PFSA Dr Mohammad Ashraf Tahir said DNA tests were carried out on samples garnered from the crime scene that shows she was raped.
Inspector General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Salahuddin Mehsud earlier said the police are waiting for the forensic report.
