LAKKI MARWAT: Police arrested two suspects during a raid on Friday in connection with the murder of a two-year-old boy.

Speaking at a press conference here, District Police Officer (DPO) Sajjad Ahmad Sahibzada said that on Oct 28, Sifatullah, 27, reported to police that his son Sohail, 2, had gone missing while playing outside his house in the Wanda Shahabkhel area.

He said that the police used available resources and also made announcements in the area to find the missing boy. “The boy had gone outside the home, along with his sister, and the next day, his body with his throat slit was found in a sack from a garbage dump in a remote locality.”

The DPO said the area where the crime had occurred was located in the remote trans-river belt where non-availability of CCTV cameras and a lack of technical evidence made the case a challenging one for the police. Mr Sahibzada said that he, along with other officers, inspected the crime scene and constituted various teams to work on the case.

“The police investigators conducted an investigation in a professional manner and with scientific techniques; they collected cigarette butts and walnut shells from the garbage dump,” he said. He said that there was some writing on the corpse, and all these elements helped track down the suspect.

“The suspect’s home is located at a stone’s throw from the victim’s house, and that human intelligence was utilised to locate him,” he added.

Mr Sahibzada said that the suspect’s father and younger brother were also grilled and during the search of their house, the police recovered fresh walnut shells identical to those found alongside the child’s body at the trash heap.

“All these clues led police to trace the suspect, identified as Naeemullah, and later he was arrested, along with another accomplice, Ramazan, from the mountainous area near Wanda Shahabkhel,” he stated.

Published in Dawn, November 14th, 2026