ISLAMABAD: A man’s body was found hanging from a tree in the area near chairman of CDA’s office, police said on Thursday.

The body was untied and shifted to the hospital for further legal procedure.

During body search, the deceased’s identity card was recovered through which he was identified as Mohammad Siddique, resident of Pir Sohawa.

Station House Officer (SHO) Ashfaq Warraich said that the body was seven to eight days old. After its identification, the police approached the deceased’s family with a request to lodge a complaint for registration of a murder case, but they refused.

After their refusal, a murder case was registered in response of the SHO’s complaint, he added.

The man had been missing for a week, but his family did not lodge a complaint over his disappearance which was also strange, he said, adding that the police started investigations to trace the killer(s) and establish motive behind the murder.

Published in Dawn, April 21st, 2023