Bullet-riddled body of missing person found from Mastung

The body of Local tribal elder Takri Raheem Dad was found dumped in the Dasht area of Mastung.

QUETTA: The bullet-riddled body of Takri Raheem Dad, a missing person, was found dumped in the Dasht area of Mastung on Wednesday. The deceased was a local tribal elder.

Levies Force personnel recovered the body on a tip-off and shifted it to Quetta for an autopsy.

“The victim was shot in the head and his body was kept in the morgue,” hospital sources said.

Local tribal elder Takri Raheem Dad, son of Haq Dad, was identified by his relatives. He had gone missing along with his nephew, Zinuddin, on December 19, 2011. Zinuddin had been released after 19 days.

According to the relatives, the two had been travelling from Bolan to Quetta when they were intercepted by a group of armed men and taken away.

“The government functionaries are behind these abduction killings. Political activists are still being picked up and subjected to enforced disappearances,” alleged Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VFBM), an organization working for the safe recovery of missing persons.

VFBM said they wanted the misisng persons produced before the judiciary and tried in court if they were involved in any crimes.