DERA GHAZI KHAN: Three men allegedly chopped off the nose and lips of a youngster after subjecting him to severe torture “to exact revenge of his role in an elopement case”.

Police said Munawar and his accomplices, Shahnawaz and Bilal, took Imran to a deserted place and chopped off his nose and lips, believing that he was involved in helping a girl of their family elope.

A Gadai police team with the help of locals recovered the victim and brought him to the trauma centre of the teaching hospital of Ghazi Khan Medical College. Doctors said Imran was out of danger after initial treatment.