Police arrests suspect who left girl's body in hospital

The full name of the deceased girl has not been disclosed.

As per police officials, the culprit was friends with the deceased student. In his statement to the police, the suspect has alleged that Maryam, a resident of Gujrat, was pregnant and died due to complications of an unsafe abortion.

Law enforcement agencies have recovered CCTV footage which showed both suspects arriving at the hospital in a white car. One of the suspects came out of the car, carrying the girl's body in his arms, which he and left in the hospital ward before fleeing. A search is underway for the second suspect.

Maryam's body was later handed over to her relatives after a brief post-mortem. Her family had a different story to tell. The father of the girl stated that Maryam was enrolled in Government College University and she came to Lahore to pay her fee.

“She had one lakh twenty thousand with her along with a cell phone,” he told the police. 

The case is still under investigation.