Police have arrested the suspected rapist and killer of a 6-year-old Afghan girl whose body was recovered from an empty house in Karachi, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Tuesday. 

Reportedly, the body of a minor Afghan girl identified as Haseena was found on Monday evening in an empty house in the limits of Gulshan Mamar Afghan Camp police station.

After getting information, police reached the venue and took her body into their custody and shifted it to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for autopsy. 

They also collected evidence from the crime scene.

According to police, the little girl was subjected to sexual assault and then killed. 

Police registered a case of rape and murder. 

Working on the clues, police arrested suspect Muhammad Yousaf, s/o Ismail. During investigation, the accused confessed to his crime. 

Police took the DNA samples of the accused and sent them to the laboratory for tests. 

The residents of the area said that 6-year-old Haseena was missing since last evening. Her body was found in an abandoned and broken house. They said that she had six siblings and her father was a cripple. 

Reporter Daniyal Syed