Levies Force Wednesday night "recovered" abducted woman, Giran Naz, her four sons, and a daughter that were allegedly in the custody of Balochistan Minister for Construction and Communications Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran in the province's Barkhan district.
Khan Muhammad Marri, the man whose three family members were murdered, had accused Khetran of keeping his children in a "private jail".
The action was taken after protests spread across Balochistan demanding the recovery of missing persons. The provincial minister was also taken into custody by police for his involvement in the brutal murder.
However, during the search operations, Marri's wife, Giran Naz, who was presumed dead, along with her children Farzana, Abdul Majeed, Abdul Ghaffar, Imran and Abdul Sattar was recovered, according to Levies officials.
The force took action in three districts as Khan Muhammad Marri's family was held hostage at different locations.
The Levies Quick Response Force conducted operations in East Balochistan and South Punjab to recover the hostages, it said. The force also foiled an attempt to transfer the two kidnapped boys to Punjab.
No arrests were made in the operations, the Levies Force added.
Meanwhile, the police completed the autopsy of the bodies found in the well.
Police Surgeon Dr Aisha Faiz, who performed the post-mortems, revealed that one of the deceased was a 17 to 18-year-old female. She said that the deceased was raped and tortured before being shot dead.
The medico-legal officer said that the autopsy finds that the woman was shot thrice in the head and her face and neck were mutilated with acid to hide her identity. She said that the girl may not be Giran Naz but her daughter.
Moreover, the other two were also tortured before being killed, she added.
On Wednesday, Khetran was arrested for his alleged connection with the gruesome murder of three people, the police said — as the bullet-riddled bodies were found in a well in the Barkhan district.
"Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran is accused of murdering three people and that is why he has been taken into custody," police said, as the protesters continued their sit-in for the third consecutive day in Quetta demanding justice.
