PESHAWAR, Oct 10: Police have found two bullet-riddled bodies in agricultural fields along Peshawar-Charsadda Road in the limits of Daudzai police station.

The law-enforcers have asked people to contact them for identification of the deceased. An official told this correspondent on Wednesday that police got information about presence of the bodies of two young men in the morning. He said that they reached the spot to shift the bodies to a local mortuary.

The official said that one of deceased was sporting beard. Both the bodies had signs of bullet injuries. “It seems that they have been shot dead somewhere else and their bodies have been thrown in Daudzai,” he said.

The official said that a case had been registered against unidentified murderers and efforts were underway to get any clue about the accused.

He said that local people had also been informed about the bodies and asked to cooperate with police so that the bodies could be handed over to relatives for burial.

ARRESTED: Police claimed to have arrested 85 criminals including 19 proclaimed offenders in Peshawar.

An official said that 19 proclaimed offenders, wanted by police in different heinous crimes, were also among the arrested criminals. Police also recovered 45 pistols, two Kalashnikovs, 16 shotguns and 6,425 cartridges from possession of the accused, he added.

He said that cases against the accused were registered at different police stations.

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