QUETTA: The body of a six-year-old boy, who was abducted by unidentified people from Quetta two days ago, was found packed in a sack in the Sabzal Road area on Saturday.

“The kidnappers, after killing the boy, dumped his body in a sack outside his house in the Sabzal Road area, a locality on the outskirts of Quetta,” a police official said.

Residents spotted a suspicious sack outside the house and informed the police. A police team reached the scene and during a search found the boy’s body inside the sack. “The body was shifted to the Civil Hospital, where it was identified as six-year-old Ali Shah, who was kidnapped on Aug 20,” the official added.

The body was handed over to the family after completion of legal formalities.

Published in Dawn, August 23rd, 2026