KHAIRPUR: A dead body of a 13-year-old boy, who went missing four days ago, was recovered from Ali Bahar canal on Saturday.
According to the details, the dead body of the boy was spotted by locals in Ali Bahar canal near village Allahdino Depar and informed the police, but police could not reach on time and villagers on self-help bases recovered the body from the canal. The body was shifted to Taluka hospital for postmortem.
The body was identified as Shera Ali Aamir-13 s/o Ghulam Akber Aamir of village Aamir near Pir Wasan.
Ghulam Akber Aamir, the father of the deceased, said that his son was missing for the last four days and Setharja police were informed but they did not help him, adding his son was killed by someone who threw him in the canal after subjecting him to an alleged sexual assault.
He urged to probe the matter and lodge a first information report (FIR) against culprits.