Unidentified woman found dead in Gulshan park

A woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a park located near Shan Hospital in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Block 6, on Sunday.

According to rescue sources, the deceased appeared to be around 40 years of age; no injuries were visible on her body. The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre to determine the cause of her death. The identity could, however, not be ascertained as yet.

In April, this year, bodies of at least three unidentified women were found from different locations within a span of three weeks. One of them was found on April 25 from a playground in Sector 5-D, New Karachi. Appearing to be around 24 years old, the woman’s hands were bound, while her body bore intense torture marks. 

Bilal Colony SHO Mohsin Zaidi said the woman’s body was found packed in a gunny bag dumped in the playground. A postmortem at the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital confirmed that the victim was brutally tortured before being strangled to death. 

On April 11, a 20-day-old body of a teenage girl was found dumped in an open plot in the Korangi Crossing area. According to Ibrahim Haideri police, the officials were informed about the body lying in the plot adjacent to Institute of Business Management (IoBM) through police helpline.