Bodies of two women found

Published April 22, 2003

NOWSHERA, April 21: Bodies of two young women were found near the under-construction Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway at the Mera Marhati Banda here on Sunday.

The bodies were spotted by some residents of Moazzam Kallay and handed them over to the police.

The police shifted the bodies to the DHQ Hospital in Nowshera.

The victims were identified as Shakeela and Nargis. They belonged to Chato Chowk, Mardan. Shakeela worked as lady health visitor (LHV). The other victim was later identified as Nargis. Both belonged to Chato Chowk, Mardan.

When the police asked Shakeela’s husband about the other victim, he said she was an occasional visitor to their house.

The bodies were handed over to the relatives after autopsy and the police have started search for the killers.

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