LARKANA, June 29: The Keti Mumtaz police found a decomposed body of a kidnap victim on the right bank of River Indus near More Chandio village on Sunday and shifted it to Naudero Hospital.

The deceased was identified as Fakhruddin Domki, assistant engineer of the highway department.

He was kidnapped on June 15 along with engineer Abdul Wahab Shaikh from the jurisdiction of the Humayoon police of Shikarpur district.

Dr Abdul Rasheed Domki, the uncle of the deceased, identified the body. Police had informed the relatives of the deceased after it found a chit from his pocket containing some phone numbers. His uncle said they had no enmity with any one and neither had they received any message for ransom.

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