[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]The body of a 16-year-old boy, who had gone missing from Islamabad’s Margalla Hills, was recovered on Monday.
Six students from APS School Ordinance Road had gone hiking on Trail 5 in Islamabad when one of them, Taha, went missing on Sunday, prompting a quick response from the capital police.
The police launched a search operation following the filing of an official complaint. Later, Taha’s body was discovered in a ditch on Monday morning.
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Staffers from the Forest and Environment Department located the corpse and alerted the police.
Taha’s family members rushed to the scene to identify the body.
Initial findings suggest that the boy had slipped into the ditch and succumbed to his injuries.
Previously, Taha’s father had lodged a report claiming his son had been kidnapped while hiking with his five friends.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]