DADU, June 1: The mother of Mohammad Akhtar Sial who was killed in an action taken by police to free neurosurgeon Dr Aftab Qureshi from kidnappers in Hyderabad on Wednesday has said that the body brought to her village was not of her son.

Sharifan Sial refused to receive the body and told DSP Rasool Bakhsh that she wanted the body of her son Akhtar Siyal.

She led the villagers of Thallho in blocking the Mehar-Khairpur Nathan Shah Indus Highway for two hours.

She said that about four days ago, Karachi police had detained her three sons; Akhtar Siyal, Hayat and Younus from her house in Karachi.

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