Kidnapped minor girl recovered in Karachi

KARACHI: Karachi police on Saturday claimed to have recovered the one-and-a-half-year-old abducted girl from the Peerabad area of the metropolis.

According to police sources, the child was abducted from a house in North Nazimabad when the wife of Shihab, resident of North Nazimabad, was alone at home.

Police added a female beggar came at her door and requested water from the woman. However, when she came back she found both the beggar and her child had vanished.

The parents of the victim child lodged a complaint in Peerabad police station after that police went through CCTV footage and conducted raids in different areas.

Police on Shahrah-e-Noor Jahan recovered the child during the search in Karachi’s Peerabad area.

According to SHO Jahan Police, a police team led by him raided a house in the area and arrested the suspect along with her accomplices. He added that further investigation was underway.

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