PESHAWAR: Police claimed to have recovered a seven-year-old child and arrested five suspects, including child’s paternal cousin over his alleged involvement in the abduction bid from Peshawar.
According to police sources, seven-year-old child, Kashan was kidnapped by his cousin, in the provincial capital of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and demanded Rs 700,000 in ransom for his recovery.
Police said the accused Hasnain, was later apprehended after the police conducted a raid as they traced out ransom phone calls to the family. The police also claimed to have arrested other accused involved in the abduction bid including a man and three women.
On January 20, police foiled an abduction bid in Quetta and recovered a minor girl during a successful raid. Divulging details of the action, the assistant commissioner of the city said that the girl was kidnapped from Jaffarabad area of the Balochistan province and the abductors were trying to shift her to Punjab province.
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He said police intercepted a vehicle and during a thorough search found a culprit accompanying her in the vehicle. They were shifted to another location for further probe into the incident. The girl would be handed over to the family.
