Unidentified men on Thursday abducted a college student from Samundri Saddar police area. Relatives of the student gathered at Samundri-Faisalabad Road and blocked it for traffic.
Muhammad Amjad, one of the protesters, told newsmen that 19-year-old Maryam, daughter of Muhammad Arshad, was going to college with a rickshaw with a friend.
He said two unidentified men riding a motorbike stopped the rickshaw at gunpoint.
He said they took Maryam with them and fled from the scene. Upon hearing the news, her parents, relatives and neighbours staged a demonstration near Moti Keekar Adda and blocked the road for traffic. The protestors chanted slogans and demanded immediate recovery of the abducted girl.
Samundri Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP) Ejaz Ahmad took a police team and pacified the protesters by assuring them that the kidnappers would be arrested and the girl would be recovered.
Samundri Saddar SHO Mian Zahid told newsmen that a case had been registered on the complaint of her father.
He said preliminary investigation had revealed that Usman, a resident of Sabzi Mandi and an accomplice had kidnapped the girl.
He said his older brother Abid was arrestd in a raid and was being interrogated.
He said police would hopefully recover the girl within a day.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 21st, 2014.
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