Two suspects arrested after 6-year-old girl raped, murdered in Karachi's Bin Qasim Town.

KARACHI -- An hours-long protest on Karachi's National Highway against the brutal rape and murder of a six-year-old girl, whose body was found in Bin Qasim Town, was called off the same day after a senior police official assured the protesters of further arrests.

Two suspects are in police custody so far.

The minor had gone missing three days ago while stepping outside her home in Bin Qasim Town's Data Nagar neighbourhood and her body was recovered from the drain of the Steel Town area on Wednesday, Bin Qasim Station House Officer (SHO) Fahadul Hasan told media.

He further said her relatives had lodged a first information report (FIR) on Feb 28 and two suspects - neighbours of the victim - have been taken into custody for interrogation.

Later in the day, Malir Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Hassan Sardar confirmed the arrests in a media talk. He said that the suspect, identified as Intizar Hussain, was a painter by profession and originally hailed from Layyah.

'He lived in the same neighbourhood as the victim,' the police official said.

He revealed that another suspect Allah Raka helped Hussain throw the girl's body into the drain.

'Hussain kidnapped the girl by luring her...