Ovais Ali Jhakrani had gone missing three days ago after he had left his home in Karachi to travel to Islamabad for official business. His alleged kidnappers had called the AIG seeking ransom on Sunday.
However, on Monday, the kidnappers called to say that since the family had refused to pay ransom, they had killed him and thrown his body into the sea. This prompted his family members to visit the Edhi morgue.
However, Edhi officials said that they had only recovered the body a person who had drowned in the sea in the Docks area on Sunday.
The family was not sure whether the body is of Ovais or not because the body was beyond recognition. But they suspected that the body was of Ovais.
Top police officials also reached the morgue. Unable to conclusively identify the body, samples will now be extracted to conduct a DNA test to conclusively determine the identity of the body.
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