SWABI: Body of a boy was recovered from maize crop fields here on Wednesday.

Police said the incident occurred in Tandkoi village in the jurisdiction of Zaida police station.

A constable who was part of the police party which recovered the slit-throat body of the boy, told Dawn that torture marks were found on it.

Registering FIR, Raees Khan, nephew of the deceased, said that his uncle Jehanzeb Khan went missing the previous night and despite making all-out efforts they could not trace his whereabouts.

However, the locals informed the police that they spotted the boy’s body in the fields.

“We have no enmity with anyone and the cause of the killing is not yet known,” said Raees Khan. Police registered a case and started investigations.

Meanwhile, killer of an eight-year-old child has been traced by Tordher police.

Chota Lahor DSP Pasheman Gul Khan said someone killed Osama Khan of Jehangira a few days back and threw his body in the fields.

The police had registered an FIR against unknown persons. The DSP said the arrested person, Abidur Rehman, confessed to killing the boy.

Published in Dawn, October 6th, 2016