The body of a man whose family said Pakistani forces had forcibly disappeared him about 15 days earlier has been recovered in Balochistan’s Kech district, while three unidentified bodies were found in Surab and four cases of alleged enforced disappearance were reported in Quetta.
The man was identified as Imran, son of Abdul Rehman, a resident of Gomazi. His body was found in the Mand Aapsar Kaur area of Gomazi in Tump, according to reports.
His family said Pakistani forces and members of a state-backed armed group, referred to locally as a “death squad”, had taken him from his home. They had since been waiting for information about his whereabouts and whether he was alive.
Separately, police officers from Sadar Police Station recovered the bodies of three men from the Mill Madrasa area of Dasht Goran in Surab district and transferred them to the District Headquarters Hospital after completing the necessary legal formalities.
Police said all three remained unidentified and their bodies had been kept at the hospital for identification. An investigation was underway to establish the circumstances of their deaths.
Four Reported Enforced Disappearances in Quetta
Meanwhile, reports from Quetta identified four men, including a court clerk, a security guard and a student, who were allegedly detained by intelligence, police or Counter Terrorism Department personnel between October 16 and November 13 and whose whereabouts remain unknown.
According to the reports, Muhammad Imran, 23, son of Abdul Ghafoor, was detained by Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and police personnel on Sariab Road at around 5 p.m. on November 12. He works as a court clerk and lives in the Awami Pump area of Sariab Mill.
Mahaz Baloch, 23, son of Haji Abdul Jabbar, a security guard from Qambrani Road, was reportedly taken into custody by ISI and Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel in Quetta Bazaar at around 3 p.m. on November 9 and transferred to an undisclosed location.
Sources also said Military Intelligence (MI) and CTD personnel took Dinar Baloch, an 18-year-old student and son of Ali Nawaz, from his home in the Shah Ji Chowk area of Killi Jio at around 4 p.m. on November 13.
Kabir Baloch, 29, son of Abdul Ghani, a resident of Mach in Kachhi district, was reportedly detained by ISI and MI personnel in Killi Pir Sahib, on Customs Sariab Road, at around 5 a.m. on October 16 and taken to an undisclosed location.
The families of all four young men have yet to receive information about their whereabouts or well-being, leaving them deeply worried and distressed, sources said.