HYDERABAD: An eight-year-old girl was brutally murdered in Sakrand, Benazirabad district, apparently for stealing the tiny gold jewelry she was wearing. The dead body of eight-year-old Heer Bhagri, daughter of Lalu Bhagri, was found dumped on a plot in Asghar Colony on October 7.
According to SHO Sakrand police station Ali Akbar Channa, her throat was slit while one of her arms and both ears were also cut off. The police, despite searching, could not find her amputated hand. Channa said the child had gone missing at around 11 am on Monday while visiting the residence of her maternal grandparents.
The Sakrand police on Tuesday lodged an FIR under sections 302 and 201 of the Pakistani Penal Code, nominating unknown suspects on the complaint of Lalu. The police told the media that some suspects have been detained for interrogation.
The dead body’s postmortem was performed at Sakrand taluka hospital. SSP Investigation Anil Haider on Tuesday visited the crime scene besides meeting the crestfallen family. According to her parents, the child was wearing gold jewelry in her ears and arm. The jewelry could not be found from the place where her body was left.
News Published in Express Tribune on October 8th, 2025.
