DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The local police on September 11 claimed to have recovered a six-year-old boy from kidnappers within 24-hours of the abduction and arrested two culprits.
According to a police spokesman, the minor was kidnapped for ransom from Syed-Aliaan area of Paharpur tehsil. He said that following the directions of senior police officials, a police party recovered the boy from the fields in the Syed-Aliaan area. The police also arrested two kidnappers of the six-member gang while the four others escaped from the scene.
The police were interrogating the arrested accused while raids were being conducted to arrest the other accomplices named Nasarullah, Gulzaman alias Lattu, Farmanullah, and Zeir Khan, the spokesman added. Later, the district authorities handed over the recovered boy to his heirs.
Published in Dawn, September 12th, 2024
