Baitullah's brother shot dead

BANNU - Police recovered the body of Baitullah Mehsud’s younger brother, Yahya Mehsud, riddled with bullets here in Domail area on Sunday. Some persons informed the police about the body in Nala Kasho area. The police reached there and handed over the body to Mehsuf family after identification.
The family of Baitullah Mehsud shifted the body to Daud Shah but upon the proposal of Baitullah, it was again shifted to South Waziristan for burial. The deceased Yahya Mehsud was the father of two sons and a daughter. AFP adds: Yahya bin Haroon was abducted by armed men from his hometown in Bannu early morning and his bullet-ridden body was later found dumped in a roadside drain, senior police officer Mohammad Alam Shinwari told AFP.
He received five bullets to his head and back, the officer said.
Police later identified the slain man as the brother of Mehsud, who leads the country’s umbrella Taliban organisation, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Shinwari said.
The reason for the murder was not immediately clear, he said. Residents said Yahya, 35, was not involved in Taliban activities and people opposed to Mehsud may be involved in the killing of his brother.