NAUSHERO FEROZE, May 25: Seven bodies have been found in a grave in the courtyard of the house of an alleged bandit in the village of Sunhri.

The bodies were exhumed on the basis of information provided by the alleged bandit himself who had been arrested on Bandhi Road in Moro by Naushero Feroze police on late Monday night.

He was wanted in cases of kidnapping and murder. During interrogation, Sikandar Ali is reported to have told police that he had killed seven people - a seven-year-old boy, a 10-year-old girl, a woman aged 45 years and four others - and buried them in one grave in the courtyard of his house about a week ago. Police raided the house and recovered the bodies.