Mysterious slayings: 2 missing persons found dead in Panjgur

QUETTA: A bullet-riddled body was found near Sorap Dam in Panjgur district on Tuesday. Balochistan levies personnel rushed to the crime scene on being tipped off and shifted the body to District Headquarters Hospital Panjgur for autopsy. The deceased was identified as Munir Ahmed. He was reported missing some six days earlier and his motorcycle was found abandoned in the Surdo area. “The body had bullet wounds,” hospital sources confirmed. According to family members, the victim had no enmity with anyone. Another body that had been found dumped in a gunny sack on Monday in Panjgur has been identified as Mohammad Azeem Sasoli, a resident of Surab area of Kalat district. Azeem Khan went missing about a year ago. Both bodies were handed over to their relatives for burial after legal formalities.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 18^th, 2012.