TAXILA: Body of a woman packed in sack was recovered in mutilated condition from Haro River in the limits of Hassanabdal police station, police and hospital sources said.

According to sources, some passersby spotted a gunny bag floating in the river Haro near Jablat railway bridge, giving foul smell.

The police shifted the body to tehsil headquarters hospital.

According the hospital sources, the woman in her 20s was raped, strangled to death before being thrown into the river.

The body was not identified till filing of this news report.

Hassanabdal Police have registered a case against unknown assailants and launched further investigation.

Published in Dawn, March 2nd, 2023