Body of missing teenager found

Officials say that 13-year-old Ahtasham Khan had been missing for a day

RAWALPINDI: The body of a teenaged boy, who had mysteriously disappeared from his house the other day, was found by police in the Ratta Amral area on Wednesday. Officials said that 13-year-old Ahtasham Khan had been missing for a day. Officials said that the boy reportedly died after touching some high voltage power lines while playing cricket in the area. Owing to the high current, the boy’s body was burnt. Officials subsequently moved the body to the District Headquarters Hospital for an autopsy.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 15^th, 2017.