GWADAR: Bullet-riddled bodies of three members of a family who went missing one and a half years ago were found on Wednesday in Mand, a town in Balochistan’s Kech district near the Iranian border.

Residents found the bodies lying on a road between Mullah Chah and Shah Murad Chah areas. The deceased were identified as Dr Hamid Ali, his son Behroz Hamid and nephew Abdul Basit.

“Hands of all the three deceased were tied at the back and they were hit with bullets at different parts of the body,” local officials said, citing hospital sources.

Family sources said Dr Ali, his son and nephew disappeared after they had left for Iran on a friend’s invitation around one and a half years ago. They were residents of the Buleda Jhab town in Kech.

Published in Dawn, August 24th, 2023