LARKANA, Nov 17: The mutilated body of another boy, Mujahid Hussain Khokhar, aged 9, who was kidnapped along with his cousin on Nov 13, was recovered from the Rice Canal on Monday.

People residing near the canal informed the police after spotting a floating sack in it.

When police recovered the sack, they found that the boy had been cut into pieces before being put into it.

On Sunday police had recovered the body of Mujahid’s cousin, Lakhmir Khokhar, from an abandoned plot in Shaikh Zayed Colony.

Police said that the criminals had brutally tortured the boy before killing him.

The DPO, Sardar Abdul Majeed, told this correspondent that at least 15 suspects had been picked up for investigation.

He said that two teams, headed by the ASP, city, Gohar, Mushtaque Bhutta, would probe into the matter, and added that it had been decided that both police wings (operation and investigation) would investigate jointly to trace out the killers.

Bashir Khokhar, Mujahid’s father, told this correspondent in the Chandka Medical College Hospital, where he was waiting to receive his son’s body, that he had no enmity with anyone, and added he was ready to cooperate with the police in their investigation.

The ASP, city, said that it was a case of abduction for killing, which falls under section 364.

He said that if the parents were not lodging an FIR, it would be registered on behalf of the state.

The SHO, Waleed police station, Syed Ali Raza Shah, told this correspondent at the site that a couple of days back the relatives of the boys were complaining about the ransom notes and phone calls but now they were avoiding to talk about it.

SHC MOVED: Fifteen headmasters of primary schools filed a constitutional petition in the Sindh High Court, Larkana circuit bench, on Monday against postings and transfers by education officials despite a ban.

The court issued notices to the assistant district officer (ADO) education (male), district officer, education (elementary) and executive district officer, education, to appear before the court on Nov 20.

The petitioners stated that the Sindh chief minister had imposed a ban on transfers and postings but the ADO ordered the transfers. They said when the matter of transfer of Mr Sangi was brought to the notice of the EDO, he asked the ADO to explain the matter but on Sept 3, the ADO again transferred Mr Sangi and Zamir Abro.

The headmasters urged the court to declare that the officials were not competent to issue transfer orders during the ban period. They requested the court to declare that the ADO education was not fit to hold the office as he had created unrest among headmasters and teachers.