Missing young boy found dead at Islamabad’s Trail 5

The dead body of a young boy who was reported missing after going for hiking at Trail 5 in Islamabad was found in a ditch on Monday morning, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

According to the police, the body of Muhammad Taha was located by the staffers of Forest and Environment Department who informed the police.

An operation by Rescue personnel was underway to retrieve the boy’s body from the ditch.

Taha’s mother and other family members rushed to the scene for identification of the dead body.

Sources in the police believed that the 15-year-old boy had slipped into the ditch and died.

However, Taha’s mother earlier lodged a report claiming her son was kidnapped after he went for hiking along with his five friends. After which police launched a search operation at Trail 5 and in adjacent Margalla Hills.

Police sources said they will use Lohay Dandi route for recovering the boy’s body.

Later, the police were managed to retrieved the body of Taha.

The family identified the body while the police said the lad might have been fallen into the ditch after he slipped.

Police from the Secretariat Police Station, where the boy’s mother lodged a complaint, further said that the body has been taken to a hospital where a post-mortem will be carried out.

Reporters Farzana Siddique and Rozina Ali