Youth found murdered

Published December 21, 2007

LAHORE, Dec 20: Two people were found dead in as many incidents in the city on Thursday.

Hadyara police recovered the body of 22-year-old Rashid from fields, who was kidnapped by some unidentified people about four days back. Police could not trace the killers.

Similarly, Model Town police recovered the body of a watchman from a school premises.

The body of Naveed was found hanging with a rope in a room of a private school.

However, it could not be ascertained yet whether Naveed himself ended his life or somebody else hanged his body after killing him to make it look like suicide.

The bodies were shifted to the city morgue for autopsy and cases were registered. —Staff Reporter

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