SUKKUR: Three dead bodies of men and one of a woman, which were stuffed into gunny bags, were found floating near Sukkur barrage gates within the jurisdiction of Rohri police station near Sukkur late on Saturday evening.

Irrigation department staffers informed police about the bodies which took them out with the help of rescue teams from gate No31, 51, 54 and 59 and shifted them to Rohri taluka hospital through Edhi ambulances.

Sources in the Edhi said that all the bodies bore torture marks and were highly decomposed hence unidentifiable. It appeared the bodies, after merciless torture and murder, were wrapped in rillies, bed sheets and blankets and stuffed into gunny bags before throwing them into the river, said the sources.

The bodies were buried by Edhi volunteers at Nawan Goth graveyard in Sukkur after completion of medico-legal formalities.

No one attended call when this correspondent contacted Rohri police to confirm whether a case had been registered about the unidentifiable bodies.

Meanwhile, another body of a 45-year-old man was found in Rice Canal which was taken out by police and shifted to civil hospital Sukkur with the help of Edhi volunteers. The deceased was later identified as Mumtaz Ali.

Published in Dawn, May 21st, 2018