GUJRAT: Two men who went missing on Thursday night were found shot dead in an outhouse in Bhagowal village of Tanda police precincts early Friday.

Reports said Basir Majeed, 45, and Arslan Butt, 19, had not returned home on Thursday night after which the families of both launched a search.

Police reached the scene after being informed and shifted the bodies to the Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Teaching Hospital for autopsy whereas a team of the Punjab Forensic Science Agency collected evidence from the crime scene.

Talking to Dawn, DSP Adnan Malik said the body of Basir was lying on a charpoy with a bullet hole in his forehead and a pistol in his hand, while the body of Arslan was lying on the floor with a bullet wound on his head.

Tanda police have registered a case against unidentified suspects. Basir was the younger brother of Wazirabad local government deputy director Azmatullah Warraich.

Published in Dawn, April 8th, 2023