TOBA TEK SINGH: Police safely rescued a minor girl who was abducted from Rehmat Town by three bikers, after an “encounter”, during which one of the suspects was allegedly killed by his own accomplices, in Faisalabad on July 10.
City Police Officer (CPO) Tanveer Hussain Tanvio says that as soon as the abduction of the five-year-old girl, Fajr Noor, by three bikers was reported to Ghulam Muhammadabad police, they pursued the suspects with the help of CCTV camera footage, till they reached a deserted shop near Subhanullah Chowk.
He said that when the police besieged the shop, the girl’s cries could be heard and locals had also gathered outside.
The CPO said the police, using a megaphone, asked the suspects to surrender and handover the victim.
Instead, he said, the suspects opened indiscriminate fire, which was returned by the police. When the firing stopped, one of the suspects, identified as Bilal, was found lying critically injured on the spot, allegedly in the firing by his fleeing accomplices, the CPO claimed.
The suspect later succumbed to his injuries. He said a pistol and the motorcycle used in the kidnapping were found near the the dead suspect. SSP Operations Imran Ahmed Malik handed over the recovered girl to her parents.
On the occasion, hundreds of people who had gathered there raised slogans in favour of the police and showered flowers on policemen who participated in the operation.
The search for the two fleeing suspects is on.
Published in Dawn, July 11th, 2026.
