Serial killer, molester of three little girls arrested: IGP

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PESHAWAR: The evil killer who molested three little girls and killed two of them in different localities of the city has been arrested following sustained effort by the Gulbarg police briefed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Muazzar Jah Ansari on Thursday, 28th of July.

Speaking to the media representative about the serial killer identified as Suhail, an embroiderer by profession, the IGP said it was a challenging case. The KP police faced much criticism given that there was no clue as to the identity of the perpetrator.

The first gruesome incident was reported on July 3 in Railways Colony where the accused molested and killed a ten-year-old girl, while on July 10th, the accused molested another girl in Gulberg area. On July 17, the accused molested and killed a third girl in Kala Bari area of Saddar.

The Inspector General explained that the priority of the police was to arrest the killer as soon as possible to prevent recurrence of such incidents Serial killer, molester of three little girls arrested: IGP

The Inspector General. Further added that the priority of the police was to arrest the killer quickly to prevent recurrence of such incidents. Following the reports of molestation and killings of minor girls,  the police, despite utilising all needed tools of investigation, found no solid clue as to the possible identity of the molester killer.  However, in the third such case, the police did find some minor clues which were pursued along scientific lines.

During investigation,  the IGP explained that CCTV footage of thousands of hours was scrutinised and Geo-fixing of hundreds of phone numbers was carried out to arrest the real perpetrator.  The police also found some important clues regarding the killer after interviewing one of the victim girls while adding that the investigation team thoroughly examined more than 50 pictures, carried out DNA tests of more than 100 suspects and the profiling of more than 200 houses.

The IGP told the media that during an intensive investigation, the police found that all these three crimes were committed on Sunday thus indicating that these heinous crimes were the work of one person.

He informed that the DNA of the accused years had been matched with the two victim girls. The killer, between age of 25 to 30, from  Peshawar has confessed to killing and molesting the victim girls.