Bullet-riddled body found

KARACHI: Bullet riddled body of a young man was found in Liaquatabad on early hours of Friday, police said.

The body was recovered near Arshi Chowk from Timber Market falling in the remits of Liaquatabad police station.

A duty officer at the station said identity of the deceased could not be ascertained yet. The deceased was shot in head after torture.

The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for postmortem. Later the body was moved to Edhi Morgue for want of identification.

Liaquatabad police station lodged an FIR number 77/2012 under section 302 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) on behalf of the state. (PPI)