Second such body found in past week; police hunting for five suspects who stabbed man to death. PHOTO: AFP/FILE

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police on Sunday found the body of a man dumped on the outskirts of the city.



This was the second body found dumped in the capital last week.



Police said the body of 21-year-old Syed Roz Khan was found in Makkah Town, Bhara Kahu, with a gunshot wound to the head.



“We were informed about the body just after dusk. The victim had been shot,” a police officer told The Express Tribune, adding that they had not yet identified his killers.



The officer added that the victim hailed from the Mohmand Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and used to work as a mason in Islamabad while his family was settled in Lahore.



The body was shifted to the hospital for a post-mortem examination as police launched an investigation into the murder. Earlier on February 28, the body of a 30-year-old man was found from a stream in Sector I-11.



While officials have been unable to identify him, doctors confirmed that the man had been tortured to death.



With no identification documents found on him, police had sent his fingerprints to the National Database Regulatory Authority (NADRA) for his records. A report is still awaited.



On the night of March 3, 33-year-old Rashid Mehmood had been stabbed to death over a parking dispute in Jhang Syedan area on Lehtrar Road.



Police are on the lookout for five men who allegedly stabbed Mehmood to death.



A police investigator told The Express Tribune that a dispute arising out of a vehicle parked in front of a butcher’s shop had led to a clash between two groups. The larger group of five people attacked Mehmood, his brother Akmal and his cousin Khayam with knives. While Mehmood succumbed to his injuries, Akmal and Khayam survived with injuries.



“The suspects, who ran a butcher’s shop objected to the victims’ car parked in front of their shop, which led to the fight,” the officer said.



Koral police had subsequently booked five men identified as Shahnawaz, Saeed, Tasadduq, Zahid and Khanu for murder and attempted murder.



However, till Sunday evening, police were still hunting for the suspects.



“Raids are being conducted at various places but no suspect has been arrested so far,” the officer said.



Published in The Express Tribune, March 6th, 2017