Couple murdered, bodies hanged from trees near Punjab's Kasur

KASUR: Police have found bodies of a couple hanging from trees near Kasur,  Geo News reported on Thursday.

TV channel's correspondent from the  area said  preliminary investigation suggests that the couple was strangulated   before being  hanged from trees near Kasur by-pass.

He said the teenage boy  was  identified as a resident of  Ittehad colony in Lahore while identity of the girl was yet to be  ascertained.

The police said they were also  also investigating the circumstances that brought the deceased to Kasur from Lahore.

They said  Computerized National Identity Card  (CNIC) found with the male's  body confirmed that the deceased  was 25  years old while the girl  appeared to be a teenager.

Police suspect that  the the couple was killed after being abducted from  some other area to make it seem like an incident of suicide.

District Police Office (DPO) Kasur said the motive of the murders was not known but an investigation has been launched to resolve the case.