Businessman found tortured to death

The tortured body of a 50-year-old businessman who had been abducted two days ago while going out to buy milk was found in Kharianwala.

According to officials, Muhammad Umar Naeem, a resident of Madina Town, had lodged a complaint stating that his father, businessman Sheikh Naeem Ahmed, had gone out on a motorcycle to buy milk when he was abducted by unknown individuals.

The abducted man's body was found in fields in Shireen Wala near Kharianwala.

He had been tortured and murdered by unknown persons, who then dumped his body in the fields.

Madina Town police reached the scene, took possession of the body and shifted it to a hospital for post-mortem.

They police applied Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code to the previously registered abduction case and initiated an investigation for identifying and arresting the murderers.

Meanwhile, the body of 18-year-old Arsalan, who drowned while bathing in the Khair Wala Bangla Canal, Jhang Branch, has been recovered.

Rescue 1122 spokesperson, on Monday, Arsalan, an 18-year-old resident of Chak No. 201 GB, went missing after drowning in deep water while bathing in the Khair Wala Bangla Canal, Jhang Branch.

A rescue operation had been ongoing to locate him. After two days of continued efforts, on Wednesday afternoon, Rescue 1122 recovered Arsalan's body and handed it over to his heirs.