PESHAWAR: The police recovered decomposed bodies of three elderly siblings from a house in Mohallah Sethian of interior city late on Tuesday.

In a statement issued here, the police said the residents of Mohallah Sethian complained to the Kotwali police that a pungent smell emanated from a house, so the police personnel entered the premises and spotted three decomposed bodies.

They said the deceased included a man and his two sisters and they all were elderly and handicapped people. The police said they were investigating the matter.

Published in Dawn, July 15th, 2021

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