Teen hiker dies more than 24 hours before autopsy: report – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The post-mortem on the body of Mohammad Taha, who went missing from the Margalla Hills on May 25 and was found dead two days later, revealed that the teenager had died more than 24 hours before the post-mortem.

According to the autopsy report, the teenager's body was brought to Pims on May 27 at 6:57 p.m. and the autopsy took place around 10:15 p.m.

The report said the final opinion would be given after receiving observations from a radiologist and reports from the Punjab Forensic Sciences Agency.

“All muscles and joints are healthy; however, a series of trauma X-rays have been performed and expert radiology advice is awaited,” the report said. The deceased's scalp, skull, vertebrae, brain membranes and spinal cord were healthy and intact.

A teenager went missing in the Margalla Hills on May 25 and was found dead two days later.

Its ribs, cartilages, pleura, larynx and tracheas, right and left lungs, pericardium, blood vessels, walls, peritoneum, mouth, pharynx and esophagus, diaphragm, stomach and its contents, pancreas, small and large intestines and their contents, liver , spleen, kidneys and bladder were also found healthy and intact,” the report said.

Samples of the deceased's heart and lungs were sent for histopathological testing, while samples of the liver, stomach and its contents were sent for toxicological testing.

Similarly, nail scraping samples were also sent for DNA detection, along with anal swabs for semen detection and DNA analysis to check for sexual assault. The body was in advanced decomposition and putrefaction.

According to the FIR, Taha and his classmates or friends left his house for a trek on May 25 towards Trail-5 in the Margalla Hills. Around 5 p.m., one of his friends called his mother and asked her if he had returned home or returned home. no, saying that everyone else had gone home.

Later, his mother reached Trail-5 to search for him and also reported the matter to Rescue-15. In response, police arrived at the scene and searched late into the night, but were unable to find him. She told the police that her son was kidnapped by someone and demanded action, the FIR added.

The police registered a case on May 26 under section 365 of the PPC.

Wildlife personnel spotted the body in a ravine on May 27 and subsequently informed police, who, along with rescue workers, arrived at the scene and recovered the body. Later, the police also added a murder charge to the case in response to the complaint of the deceased's mother.

Published in Dawn, June 8, 2024