Five decomposed bodies found in Pishin
Officials clueless about identities of the bodies which are about two months old.
QUETTA:
Five decomposed bodies were found on Tuesday in a desolate place near Bostan and Yaru areas of Pishin district, some 45 kilometres away from the provincial capital.
All the victims had been shot in the head. Officials said the bodies were beyond recognition and were about two months old.
According to Levies sources, a shepherd spotted the bodies lying in the deserted area and informed security personnel about it. Levies and other personnel of law enforcement agencies rushed to the spot from where they took the bodies to a nearby hospital and later shifted them to Bolan Medical Complex (BMC) Teaching Hospital for further proceedings.
“We had brought the bodies to Sandeman Hospital but because of the law and order situation we shifted them to the BMC,” Investigation Officer Mohammad Mustafa said.
Doctors at the hospital said it would be impossible to carry out any post-mortem as parts of the bodies had been eaten by wild animals and birds.
“Officials of the health department have been asked to take a DNA test,” Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani told The Express Tribune.
He said that a chemical powder was sprayed on the bodies to speed up the process of decomposition.
According to eyewitnesses, there were originally six bodies, but one of them was completely eaten by wild animals and stray dogs.
Worried relatives of missing persons rushed to the hospital after being informed about the recovery. However, they could not identify anyone as the bodies were completely disfigured.
“I saw the remains, I think they were Baloch,” the shepherd told local journalists.
It could not be ascertained whether they were missing persons because officials were completely clueless about the identification of the bodies.
According to sources, around 50 bodies have so far been recovered in parts of Balochistan during the past five months and all the victims were killed in similar manner – shot through the head and skulls bashed in. A majority of the 50 have been identified as Baloch missing persons.
While commenting on this issue, Durrani said that 90 per cent of relatives did not allow the police and investigation officer to carry out a postmortem or lodge an FIR regarding disappearances. Thus, the provincial government is facing difficulty in booking the culprits involved in the heinous crimes.
Asked about allegations of extra-judicial killings, Durrani said the government did not allow anyone to take the law into their hands. “The relatives of victims must cooperate with the government and only then will we be able to serve the cause of justice.”
Published in The Express Tribune, November 24th, 2010.
Five decomposed bodies were found on Tuesday in a desolate place near Bostan and Yaru areas of Pishin district, some 45 kilometres away from the provincial capital.
All the victims had been shot in the head. Officials said the bodies were beyond recognition and were about two months old.
According to Levies sources, a shepherd spotted the bodies lying in the deserted area and informed security personnel about it. Levies and other personnel of law enforcement agencies rushed to the spot from where they took the bodies to a nearby hospital and later shifted them to Bolan Medical Complex (BMC) Teaching Hospital for further proceedings.
“We had brought the bodies to Sandeman Hospital but because of the law and order situation we shifted them to the BMC,” Investigation Officer Mohammad Mustafa said.
Doctors at the hospital said it would be impossible to carry out any post-mortem as parts of the bodies had been eaten by wild animals and birds.
“Officials of the health department have been asked to take a DNA test,” Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani told The Express Tribune.
He said that a chemical powder was sprayed on the bodies to speed up the process of decomposition.
According to eyewitnesses, there were originally six bodies, but one of them was completely eaten by wild animals and stray dogs.
Worried relatives of missing persons rushed to the hospital after being informed about the recovery. However, they could not identify anyone as the bodies were completely disfigured.
“I saw the remains, I think they were Baloch,” the shepherd told local journalists.
It could not be ascertained whether they were missing persons because officials were completely clueless about the identification of the bodies.
According to sources, around 50 bodies have so far been recovered in parts of Balochistan during the past five months and all the victims were killed in similar manner – shot through the head and skulls bashed in. A majority of the 50 have been identified as Baloch missing persons.
While commenting on this issue, Durrani said that 90 per cent of relatives did not allow the police and investigation officer to carry out a postmortem or lodge an FIR regarding disappearances. Thus, the provincial government is facing difficulty in booking the culprits involved in the heinous crimes.
Asked about allegations of extra-judicial killings, Durrani said the government did not allow anyone to take the law into their hands. “The relatives of victims must cooperate with the government and only then will we be able to serve the cause of justice.”
Published in The Express Tribune, November 24th, 2010.