GWADAR: Bullet-riddled bodies of three members of a family who went missing one and a half years ago were found on Wednesday in Mand, a town in Balochistan`s Kech district near the Iranian border.

Residents found the bodies lying on a road between Mullah Chah and Shah Murad Chah areas. The deceased were identified as Dr Hamid Ali, his son Behroz Hamid and nephew Abdul Basit.

`Hands of all the three deceased were tied at the back and they were hit with bullets at different parts of the body,` local officials said, citing hospital sources.

Family sources said Dr Ali, his son and nephew disappeared after they had left for Iran on a friend`s invitation around one and a half years ago. They were residents of the Buleda Jhab town in Kech.-Behram Baloch