Fighting crime: Police rescue eight kidnapped a day earlier

HANGU:

Eight people of the 11 kidnapped from Hangu on Monday have been rescued while the whereabouts of others are still unclear.

Hangu DSP Falak Nawaz Bangash said five people were kidnapped from Ibrahimzai on Monday by armed men.  The men had been grazing their cattle when they were kidnapped at gunpoint, said Bangash. The police and locals tried to chase the kidnappers and managed to rescue two of the kidnapped shepherds.

Later in the evening, six other people were abducted from outside a mosque in Shahokhel Lakki Bazaar, said the police official. The police launched a search operation for their recovery. Bangash said after a three-hour encounter between the kidnappers and the police, the six taken from Shahokhel Lakki Bazaar were rescued, but the kidnappers managed to escape. 

Meanwhile, in a joint search operation, police and security forces arrested 39 suspects and one wanted criminal.

Heavy weapons were seized from them. Thal police claimed a proclaimed offender was among the suspects.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 10^th, 2014.