LAHORE, April 16: An expatriate Pakistani’s seven-year-old son, who went missing from Lalazar Colony on Sunday, was found murdered in Doongi Ground, Samanabad, on Monday.

Iqbal Town Operations SP Abdul Gharraf Qaisari told Dawn that police found the body of Abdul Moeez, son of Muhammad Aslam, of Lalazar Colony, packed in a sports bag that was wrapped in a plastic sheet. He said police found some scratches and blue spots on the victim’s face.

He said the Nawab Town police had registered Moeez’s kidnap case on Sunday.

Sadar Investigation SP Mustafa Hameed Malik said the boy had left his home at around 6pm to play video games but didn’t return. He said locals had seen the boy going to the video games shop.

He said the motive behind Moeez’s abduction was yet to be ascertained as the family had not suspected the involvement of any one. He said Moeez’s father Aslam was currently staying in Japan. He said a murder section had been added to the already registered FIR against unidentified kidnapper(s).

SHOT DEAD: A 40-year-old woman was gunned down allegedly by a friend of her expatriate Pakistani husband in Nawab Town police precincts on Monday.

The police said Waqar used to visit Takmila, the mother of four, in absence of her husband who was doing job in Kuwait. He said Waqar shot at Tamkila thrice, killing her on the spot, and fled.

An investigator said that police had found sufficient evidence from the spot which indicated Waqar’s presence at the crime scene. The police were trying to arrest Waqar, he said, adding the motive behind the murder was yet to be ascertained.

DIES: A 16-day-old baby boy was killed after a quack gave him an injection to circumcise him in Charrar village of Defence Housing Authority on Monday. The family later ransacked the ‘clinic’ of Javed Ali, who fled.

Defence-A SHO Hamid Akhtar, said Ali administered an injection to baby Muhammad Umer, son of Baber Ali, of Qainchi Amar Sidhu, to circumcise him on Sunday night into Monday.

He said the infant’s condition deteriorated and he was referred to the Children’s Hospital where he was received dead.

The SHO said the family gathered outside the ‘clinic’ and damaged property in protest. He said the police had registered a case against Javed.

ACCIDENT: An unidentified elderly man was killed in an accident in Johar Town on Monday.

The police said the man, who seemed to be in his fifties, was apparently knocked down by a vehicle. The police sent the body for autopsy.

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