Two bodies of missing persons found in Balochistan

Hospital sources reveal that the bodies bore torture marks - electric shocks may be cause of death.

QUETTA: For two families, the mystery of their missing beloved ended on Tuesday when the bodies of their relatives were found dumped in a deserted place in the Lasbela district of Balochistan.

According to the Balochistan Levies, some passers-by spotted the bodies and informed the Levies Thana.

The local administration and Balochistan Levies officials rushed to the spot and shifted the bodies to District Headquarters Hospital Uthal.

Local official Abdul Ghafoor Mundra said they found the National Identity Cards (NIC) along with the bodies and identified the deceased as Mohammad Murad Marri - resident of Kohlu and Dil Murad Marri - resident of Sibi.

The hospital sources revealed that the bodies have marks of torture on them and electric shocks might have caused their death.

According to Voice for Baloch Missing Person (VBMP), an organisation striving for the recovery of Baloch missing persons, the victims were kidnapped a few months ago from the Vindar area of Lasbela district.

The relatives had earlier lodged complaint with the Chief Justice of Supreme Court Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry regarding their missing relatives and recorded their statements on April 30, during the hearing of Supreme Court in Quetta.