SUKKUR: The body of a man with torture marks and throat slit was found dumped in a mango orchard in Khairpur district on Saturday night. The victim, Mohammad Ramzan, son of Haji Mumtaz Phulpoto, happened to be a Pakistan Navy employee.

Officials at the A-Section police station of Khairpur said that the body was recovered from near Phulpotos’ ancestral village. His personal enmity with certain people was believed to be the motive behind the brutal murder. Ramzan had returned to his village only on Friday to celebrate the upcoming Eidul Azha.

He was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard with full PN honours after a contingent of the Pakistan Navy presented a guard of honour.

Later, the victim’s brother, Asadullah Phulpoto, lodged an FIR at the police station nominating five suspects — Fida Hussain Phulpoto, Abid Hussain, Farman Hussain, Abdul Hameed alias Jinsar Ali and Irfan Khoso — along with their two unknown associates.

The police said two of the suspects had been detained for interrogation and the others would be picked up soon.

Published in Dawn, May 25th, 2026