Bodies of 3 missing persons recovered

QUETTA - Three more decomposed bodies of Baloch missing persons were recovered from Kech and Panjgour districts of Balochistan on Tuesday. On a tip-off, Levies personnel recovered two dead bodies from Murgab area, some 20 KM away from Turbat town of Kech district and shifted them to a local hospital for autopsy where they were identified as Abid Saleem and Mehrab Baloch. Hospital sources said both the bodies were having torture marks and bullet wounds. Sources said Abid Saleem and Mehrab had affiliation with Baloch Students Organisation (BSO-Azad) and were abducted from Chatkan Bazaar of Panjgour district on January 23 this year. The deceased were later moved to Panjgour district for burial. Similarly, the third body was recovered from Pangour. Official sources said police found a dead body from tehsil Gawargo area of Panjgour and moved it to a hospital for postmortem where he was identified as Hameed Baloch, resident of Kudabadan area of Punjgour. Hameed Baloch had gone to Quetta for his medical check up and was coming back to home in a passenger bus when some unknown armed men interpreted their vehicle at Sabzaap area of Panjgour on December 13 last and abducted him. Sources said the body of Hameed Baloch was badly tortured. The family members of the victims accused government agencies for the killing of their dear ones. Meanwhile, a complete shutter down strike was observed in Panjgour town against the recovery of decomposed dead bodies of the Baloch missing persons. All shops, markets and schools remained closed.

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