TAXILA: The police on Wednesday said a prayer leader has been arrested for the rape and murder of a six-year-old child.

The body of the victim was recovered from an old well in the limits of the Fatehjang police on April 20.

District Police Officer Syed Shahzad Nadeem told the press that the victim went missing after he went to the local mosque for prayers.

His body was recovered from an old well in the area, he said, adding that the victim was raped and then strangled to death.

Mr Nadeem said the police arrested the administrator and prayer leader of a mosque and seminary who confessed to sexually assaulting and then killing the child, and then threw the body of the victim into a nearby well.

He said the suspect is married with a child. He is the administrator of a local seminary where students of all ages are taught.

Published in Dawn, May 2nd, 2019