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According to Police Sub Inspector Muhammad Ashraf, a passerby informed them about the discovery of the body outside Mayo Hospital’s morgue in the city.
Ashraf added that the body bore torture marks, with the fingers and hands containing bruises.
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“Circumstantial evidence suggests the victim might have been tortured before her death,” he said, but said there were no signs she was strangled to death.
The body was moved to the morgue for autopsy. The police registered statements of eyewitnesses, collected evidence and sent them to a laboratory for further investigation.
Police further said they were waiting for the results of the autopsy and have initiated a search for the family of the victim.
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On July 22, Lahore police retrieved body of a five-year-old boy who had gone missing on Eid from a pond in Shahdara area.
They said the deceased had disappeared from the premises of Jehangir’s Tomb which the family had come to see on July 20.
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