Mosque prayer leader found dead in Lahore with throat slit

The prayer leader of Shalimar Mosque, situated in Multani Colony in Lahore, was found dead on Thursday with his throat slit.

The police identified the deceased as Asif, son of Mureed Hussain. His body was found from the quarters adjacent to the mosque.

According to preliminary investigation, unidentified people had come to meet the victim in his quarters last night. The police suspect the same visitors to have killed Asif.

Lahore police chief Ghulam Mehmood Dogar informed that an FIR has been registered and investigation launched. "The culprits will soon be arrested," he added.

The body of the deceased had been moved to a morgue for autopsy.

In early January, police claimed to have arrested two suspects involved in the kidnapping and subsequent murder of two sisters in Kahna area. The victims were found with throats slit and limbs tied.

The bodies of the two women were recovered from a drain in Kahna in December last year and January this year.

The victims were identified as Abida 26 and Sajida 28. Both had gone missing on November 26 under suspicious circumstances after they left home for shopping in a nearby bazaar. An abduction case in Kahna police station was also registered.

Police said suspect Mumtaz Khan and Muhammad Naeem were arrested after being nominated in the FIR registered by the family of the slain women.

On December 14, the body of an unidentified woman was recovered from the drain in Kahna. The victim’s throat was slit and her arms and legs were tied. The other body was recovered on January 4. She had also been murdered in a similar fashion and dumped into the drain.

It was only after the second woman's body was discovered that the police found the two women to be sisters.