FAISALABAD: The body of a noted publisher, Abdul Rehman, belonging to Lahore was found from Gogeera branch, circle Jaranwala on Thursday.
A spokesperson for Rescue-1122 said that on being informed, a team was dispatched to the site near Canal Bridge, Gogeera branch, Satiana city, which fished out the body.
The deceased was later identified as Abdul Rehman Irfan (65), son of Muhammad Siddique, resident of Chak No 39-GB, Satiana.
The body, after postmortem at THQ hospital, Jaranwala, was handed over to the legal heirs.
SP Jaranwala Division Abid Zafar said that the deceased was a resident of Nishtar Colony, Lahore, and he had been missing since Wednesday. An FIR of his alleged abduction was registered at the police station concerned in Lahore.
He said that the postmortem of the body had been completed; however, the cause of death would be ascertained in the light of the postmortem report.
In the initial police investigation, the location of Abdul Rehman before his death was recorded in Lahore, Gojra, Khurrianwala, Faisalabad and Satiana, he said, adding that police, however, were investigating the incident through modern scientific lines.
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