Young man found shot dead

Published March 8, 2026 Updated March 8, 2026 07:08am

SUKKUR: The body of a young man with a gunshot wound was found lying on the rooftop of a house, located within the limits of the Badhani police station in Kashmore, on Saturday.

The police identified the deceased as Aqib Bhutto after shifting him to a government hospital for a postmortem examination.

The deceased man’s father told the police that his son or other family members had no enmity with anyone.

He said the family was stunned by finding Aqib having been shot dead sometime during the Friday-Saturday night.

The area police said they were investigating the matter.

Published in Dawn, March 8th, 2026

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