SHIKARPUR: Bodies of two girls allegedly killed in the name of honor two months ago were exhumed on Tuesday.
The bodies were shifted to a hospital for post-mortem examination. The girls belonging to Mehr tribe were allegedly killed for marrying men of their choices.
The exhumation took place in the presence of Judicial Magistrate Lakhi Ghulam Shah in Goth Kamil Khan of Shikarpur District.
SSP Altaf Leghari told media that the bodies would be shifted to Edhi Morgue for burial as their families were not ready to own them.
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