MANSEHRA: The body of a boy who had gone missing last month was recovered from a forest here on Saturday.

Mohammad Hashim had gone on a recreation to Choar area of Allai along with his cousins on August 12, but his cousins later returned home but did not.

According to the family, the police arrested his cousins Mohammad Bashir, Nazeer and Mohammad Farooq, who told police that they had killed him as he was having illicit relations with their sister.

The police recovered the body on their identification.

Also, Syed Tahir Hussain Shah, who was injured over a land dispute, has demanded of district police officer Abdul Rasheed to order arrest of Jamil Khan and his accomplices for firing at him in Naran.

He said an influential political personality was hurdle to the arrest of suspects.

Published in Dawn, September 30th, 2018