Another One Bites The Dust: Mutilated body of BSO-Azad leader found

QUETTA: Another mutilated body of a junior leader of the Baloch Students Organisation (BSO-Azad) was found near Mach town, some 90 km southeast of Quetta on Thursday. The Junior Joint Secretary of Baloch Student Organisation (BSO-Azad) Shafi Baloch was whisked away on Saturday near Lakpass area in Mustung district by a group of armed men. The organisation accused security forces and secret agencies of the kidnapping and killing. The body was taken to Quetta for postmortem by Levies personnel after being informed about the incident. “The body bore bullet wounds and multiple marks of torture,” hospital sources said. According to BSO-Azad spokesperson, the kidnappers were in three vehicles used by government functionaries when they intercepted Baloch’s van near Lakpass.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 24^th, 2011.