Young man commits suicide

Published May 24, 2005

HARIPUR, May 23: A young man committed suicide in the Saddar area here on Saturday evening. The Saddar police quoted one Salim Khan of Durukhshel village as saying that his son Ahsan Khan, 21, shot himself with a pistol over a petty issue.

BODY FOUND: The body of a boy was found in a deserted place near village Rata Bana union council Bagra on Saturday evening. The locals informed the police about the presence of the body.

Later, the body was shifted to DHQ hospital for autopsy where the victim was identified as Humayun, son of Khaliqdad, a student of class vii at a local school. He had been missing

for the last seven days, family sources and police said.

—Correspondent

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