LAHORE: A 15-year-old boy kidnapped from Shalimar two days ago was found dead from BRB Canal in Batapur on Tuesday.
Police said Ijaz Yaqoob of Ibrahim Colony, Shalimar Town, had gone to school on Monday but did not return home.
The family started searching for him in and around the locality and also contacted his friends, but could not find him.
The family approached Shalimar police and lodged a kidnap case against unidentified person(s).
Later in the evening, Batapur police found the body of the boy in a sack in BRB Canal with an identification note.
Police shifted the body to morgue for autopsy and also alerted the family, who later confirmed the boy`sidentification.
Police added murder sections to the case and started an investigation.
The investigating officer said the body was found in parts.
ACCIDENT: A man was killed in an accident at the Garden Town underpass on Canal Road on Tuesday.
Police said Ghulam Haider, 45, of Defence was on his way when a car coming from the opposite side collided with his vehicle near Garden Town underpass.
Haider lost control over the vehicle and hit a wall and suffered critical injuries. The driver of the other car fled from the scene.
Rescue 1122 ambulance shifted the injured to the Jinnah Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.
Police registered a case against the absconding driver on the complaint of the victim`s family.