MUZAFFARGARH: A young bridegroom was found dead in a sugarcane field in the Sinawan area of Kot Addu just hours before his planned wedding ceremony on Tuesday.
Usman Chanda r/o Khar Gharbi Gardanly was scheduled to lead his marriage party to tie the knot at a Nikah ceremony on Tuesday.
He left home Tuesday morning after breakfast but did not return and later his maternal uncle informed police that his nephew’s body was found in a sugarcane field.
Kot Addu police reached the spot and found the body with a bullet wound in the chest and a pistol nearby.
It was unclear whether it was suicide or murder and SHO Kot Addu said police have started collecting evidence from the site as part of investigations.