KASUR: Kanganpur police on Monday recovered the dead body of a lumberdar, who had gone missing a day earlier, packed in a sack near Kull village.

According to the police, Muhammad Saleem, the lumberdar of Kull village left his house on early Sunday morning on his bike and did not return.

Saleem`s family searched for him but of no avail. Later, his nephew got a case registered with Kanganpur police station.

On Monday, police recovered Saleeem`s body, packed in sack, from the bushes near the railway level-crossing near the village.

The police said the unidentified killer(s) had slit the man`s throat, resulting in his death and then cut the body into pieces before dumping it in the bushes in a sack.

Police added murder sections to the kidnapcase already registered against unidentified killer(s) and sent the body samples for forensic analysis.

A team constituted by District Police Officer (DPO) Sohaib Ashraf is investigating into the matter. The DPO has sought a report from the team within two days.

DIES: A shopkeeper who was shot during a robbery bid a few days back succumbed to his injuries at the Lahore General Hospital on Monday.

Unidentified robbers had allegedly shot the shopkeeper, Abdul Ghaffar, a resident of Veeram village in the limits of Pattoki police station,leavinghimcritically injured.

Ghaffar was rushed to Pattoki THQ Hospital, from where he was referred to the Lahore General Hospital, owing to his critical condition, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Investigations are underway.