Kidnapper Turns Out to be Victim during Investigation

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OKARA: Police claimed to have solved a kidnapping case in which the alleged kidnapper was found to be the victim and vice versa.

As per details, around two weeks ago a private tuition centre’s in-charge Ayesha Bibi and a 13-year old student named Ahsan went missing.

Ayesha’s family got a kidnapping case registered against minor Ahsan at the Hujra Police station, however, the alleged kidnapper’s family contacted DPO Muhammad Rashid Hidayat and briefed him about the details of the incident.

Dipalpur Circle DSP was tasked with inquiring into the incident. A police team under the DSP claimed to have recovered the alleged minor kidnapper and the victim from Islamabad using advanced technology.

Based on the investigation, the police team claimed that victim, Ayesha was actually the kidnapper and she had kidnapped Ahsan.

The Hujra police on the complaint of Ahsan’s father Muhammad Idrees entered the cross version in the already registered kidnapping FIR against Ayesha, her widow mother Shahnaz Bibi, Mehreen and her husband Javid, Rigza wife of Usama Bashir along with another unidentified suspect.

Published in Dawn, October 20th, 2025.

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