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LAHORE: The body of a 23-year-old student was found in a hostel in Lahore’s Township neighbourhood on Tuesday, according to the police.
The deceased, who hailed from Bahawalnagar, was a student at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. On Tuesday morning, the student’s roommate found him lying unconscious on the washroom floor, according to the police. When they checked his pulse, the student had already passed away.
The police were immediately called and the body was moved to a hospital for a post-mortem examination. “The reason for death is unclear as there are no torture marks or injuries on his body,” the investigation officer said, adding that something substantial can only be said once the reports come out.
On the other hand, the student’s family has reached Lahore. They have reportedly refused any further investigation or a post-mortem examination.
Separately, another dead body was found hanging from an electric pole in the provincial capital’s Badami Bagh locality. The police said the death appeared to have caused by electrocution.
On January 10, the body of an 8-year-old boy, who went missing on December 26, was found in a pond near Dhadu Basra tehsil Daska police area of Punjab.
According to details, the body of Faizan, the son of Abdul Rehman, a resident of Mouza Dhadu Basra, was found today in a village pond.
Sources further said receiving information police reached the spot and took out the body from the pond and shifted it to Civil Hospital for medico-legal formalities.
A farmer of the village was going to fetch fodder for his animals in the morning when he saw the body of a child in the pond and informed the family, sources added.