Three bodies found from drain in Tarn Taran village

Bodies of three unidentified men were found from Kasur drain near Bainka village by the Bhikhiwind police here on Wednesday. One body was decomposed and the remaining two had injury marks. The bodies seemed to be of migrant labourers, but it is yet to be confirmed.

Preetinder Singh, DSP, Bhikhiwind, said the decomposed body was packed in a bag and the other two, tied in a blanket, were thrown into the drain. While one of them (decomposed body) appeared to be around 35 years, the other two were believed to be around 40 and 60 years of age, respectively. The bodies have been sent to the mortuary of the Civil Hospital, Patti, for a postmortem after 72 hours of recovery of the bodies.

The DSP said from the injuries marks on the bodies, it seemed that they were killed after brutally tortured as all the parts of the bodies were bearing injury marks. The Bhikhiwind police led by Inspector Manoj Kumar, SHO, have started the process to examine the footage of CCTV cameras in the area. The police would register a criminal case against unknown persons in this regard soon.