ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: Three persons died in separate incidents while a citizen was deprived of Rs300,000 here on Wednesday.

The body of a 50-year-old man was recovered from the water tank of an under-construction building in the Mera Begwal area of Bhara Kahu. Police said the deceased, Zaheer Ahmed, a native of Mardan, lived in Shakrial. There was a wound on the head which shows that he was murdered, said the police.

A woman, 55, was murdered in Alipur in the limits of Shahzad Town police. Police said Hameeda Bibi was twice divorced and last year she married Mehmood Hussain who also divorced her. Some people entered her house on Thursday and killed her with a dagger.

The body of Zahidullah, 13, who had been missing since February 4, was recovered from the picnic point of Shahdara. The deceased was a student of a mosque near Lok Virsa. Meanwhile, three armed men looted Rs300,000 from the house of Sajawal Khan in G-8/2.—A Reporter

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