Special girl found dead

LAHORE
A sixteen-year-old girl was found dead in New Anarkali police limits on Sunday.
Some passersby spotted the body of a young girl lying on Dhani Ram Road and informed the police. The victim bore multiple marks of torture, police said, adding the girl had gone missing from Shadbagh area some days back and a report in this regard was lodged at the police station on August 31, 2015. The girl identified as Sidra Noor was said to be mentally retarded. Police shifted the body to morgue for autopsy to ascertain the cause of death.
Youth killed: A 21-year-old bike rider was killed in an accident on Ring Road on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Fahad. It was reported that Fahad was on his way when an unknown vehicle ran over him. As a result, he received fatal injuries and died on the spot. He was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced brought dead. When contacted, police said it was yet to be established whether the victim had been killed by a bus or a truck. Police registered a case against the unknown driver and shifted the body to morgue for autopsy.
cylinder blast: At least eight persons received injuries when a gas cylinder exploded in a makeshift tea stall at Suggian sacrificial animal market. Upon being informed, the rescuers rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to a local hospital where their condition was said to be out of danger. The injured persons were identified as Tariq, tea stall owner, Abid, Abdul Sattar, Fiaz, Saeed, Shoaib, Tipu Munir and Kashif.
injured: Manawan police shot and wounded an innocent man in its limits on Sunday.
The injured man was identified as Rafaqat. It was reported that the Manawan police officials had raided a local village to round up a proclaimed offender, Akbar, but mistakenly shot and wounded father of four children, Rafqat, who was on his way back home. Police dropped the injured at a local hospital and escaped.
NAB: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a crackdown against land mafia has arrested Haji Khalid Mehmood Awan, Sheikh Faisal and Shahid Patwari. According to a press release issued here Sunday, the accused in connivance with each other illegally sold case property cautioned by NAB in another case. The accused prepared fake and forged documents to palm off the property in question. By doing so, according to the statement, the accused committed offences of corruption and corrupt practices, misuse of authority and fraud, forgery and cheating.
Afghans: Nawankot police arrested eight Afghan nationals during a search operation on Sunday. The arrested persons had failed to produce their identification papers for checking on demand.
seized: An anti-smuggling squad of Customs during its anti-smuggling campaign in one week recovered huge amount of smuggled items from different places. According to Customs officials, a raiding team recovered 1-Genrator, 350-KVA valuing Rs 2 million, 1,200 litre oil valuing Rs 360,000, 2400-kg cloth, valuing Rs 10 lakh, 20,000 match cracker packets valuing Rs 600,000, 28,000 kg wrapping paper valuing Rs 8 million involving huge amount of duty & taxes. The raiding team seized 395 Chinese brand mobile.