In a tragic incident in Sargodha, a 7-year-old girl, identified as Muntaha, was sexually assaulted and later murdered inside a grocery store in Sargodha. The minor girl had left the house to buy something and went missing; the family reported the police, and the search led to the victim’s body. The girl was slaughtered, and her body was thrown on the roof of the shop; the police have arrested two suspects, men who had been working in the grocery shop. An investigation is underway, and the police await the postmortem report to further proceed with the case.
The horrific crime has sent a wave through social media, and netizens call for swift action against the perpetrators. Enraged by the growing number of cases of sexual violence, actor and host Mishi Khan took to Instagram and called for a public hanging of the culprits to set an example. She posted:
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Actress Iqra Aziz took to Instagram and questioned if such heinous crimes will ever stop, she emphasized on how lack of punishment leads to the growing number of such incidents. She posted:
Stating that such perpretrators openly function in our society, journalist Ihtisham Ul Haq posted on X and said:
A young innocent girl went to a nearby shop in Sargodha and never came back. Her body was found in a room above the shop, sexually assaulted and murdered. 💔
These monsters live among us. pic.twitter.com/r8XeRhyKTQ
— Ihtisham Ul Haq (@iihtishamm) June 23, 2026
Calling for a public hanging of the accused, an engraged netizen posted:
She was 7 years old. It’s almost hard to fathom. I don’t even think we know how to express sorrow or grief anymore. The human mind was never built to absorb or understand this level of horror and evil. These men should be hanged publicly. There’s no other way. https://t.co/4lPukoGc1W
— Maheen Ghani (@maheenghani_) June 22, 2026
One added that only a death penalty will build the fear in such criminals and posted:
An innocent 7 year old girl was physically assaulted and then murdered in a shop in Sargodha because she recognised the person!!!
This country and such b@stards wont stop at anything good unless state chooses to give capital punishments in public!!! Only an element of fear can… pic.twitter.com/JUzkP63kC3
— Sadia A 🇵🇰 (@Dr_SadiaAz) June 22, 2026
Another X user called for a deth penalty and posted:
I hope and pray these monsters receive the death penalty. Seeing the image of that child, whose body was thrown into a trash bin inside the shop, was absolutely heartbreaking and horrifying.
No one deserves such cruelty. May justice be served. https://t.co/MSlJbBUHJa
— خان (@khantainer) June 23, 2026
Endorsing the same, one added:
Outrageous! Unacceptable!
7yr old girl, Muntaaha left home for a simple errand in #Sargodha & never returned. Raped & murdered inside a shop by monsters who deserve no mercy. #Pakistan has completely failed our daughters. Arrests aren’t enough—hang the culprits. #EndChildAbuse pic.twitter.com/P0q6i1AyrB— Ayesha Gill (@ayesha16g) June 23, 2026
