The incident came to light when a security officer Mazhar Hussain of Ghazi Barotha spotted a body floating at the water and informed the local police who fished out the body and shifted it to the District Headquarters Hospital Attock for medico-legal formalities.
The victim’s neck area was burnt which hinting that the man was murdered before being dumped into the lake water, police said.
The police have registered a case against unidentified persons and started investigation.
Meanwhile, two youngsters were seriously injured near a checkpoint in Fateh Jhang. The incident took place due to reckless riding, police said. The injured were under treatment at a local hospital.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 16th, 2016.
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