11-year-old boy found dead in fields near Chunian

Lahore: An 11-year-old boy was found dead in a village near Chunian, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place in Kot Amrat Khan. According to police, the child, identified as Fahim, had gone to nearby fields on April 5 to collect fodder but did not return home.

His body was later recovered from the fields, police said, adding that there were injury marks on the boy’s neck, indicating that he had been brutally killed. No further details were provided in the report about the circumstances surrounding the killing or any progress in the investigation.

The case concerns the killing of a minor in a rural area near Chunian, where the victim had left home to gather fodder from fields close to the village. Police said the body was found after he failed to return.

Authorities identified the victim as Fahim and said he was 11 years old. The body was recovered from the same fields where he had gone on April 5. Police said the marks found on his neck suggested he had been subjected to violence before his death.

Police disclosed the incident on Tuesday and described the case as a murder. The available details in the report were limited to the location, the victim’s age and identity, the date he went missing, and the condition in which the body was found.

The killing occurred in Kot Amrat Khan, a village near Chunian. Police have linked the discovery of the body to the boy’s disappearance after he went out to collect fodder.