Motive unknown: Bullet-riddled body found

The bullet-riddled body of a man was found lying by the roadside near a seminary in Hangu city on Tuesday.

HANGU:
The bullet-riddled body of a man was found lying by the roadside near a seminary in Hangu city on Tuesday. According to Khanullah Khan, an official of the city police, students of Askari seminary spotted the body near Bypass Road when they were on their way in the morning. They told the area’s elders and the police was subsequently informed. Khan said they shifted the body to the police station where the deceased was identified as Raza Ali Shah, a resident of Syedano Bhanda. The police official said Shah belonged to a Shia family and had been missing since Monday. “We don’t know if Shah was shot by militants or killed due to a personal dispute, however, we are investigating the case from all angles.”


Published in The Express Tribune, October 1st, 2014.
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