Quick action: Two ‘kidnappers’ arrested
Police said Faisal was the secretary to Rana Ahsan Javed, an adviser to the minister for minority rights
BAHAWALPUR:
Police on Saturday arrested two men suspected of abducting a citizen using a government vehicle. An Ahmedpur East police spokesman said Faisal, a resident of Faisalabad and his friend Rashid Iqbal, got drunk on Friday night and abducted Muhammad Zeeshan Qureshi, a resident of Ahmadpur East’s Mehmood Colony on a government vehicle. He said they used their cell phones to contact Zeeshan’s parents and demanded Rs400,000 ransom. He said police traced the numbers and arrested Faisal and Iqbal in a raid. Police said Faisal was the secretary to Rana Ahsan Javed, an adviser to the minister for minority rights.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 10th, 2016.
Police on Saturday arrested two men suspected of abducting a citizen using a government vehicle. An Ahmedpur East police spokesman said Faisal, a resident of Faisalabad and his friend Rashid Iqbal, got drunk on Friday night and abducted Muhammad Zeeshan Qureshi, a resident of Ahmadpur East’s Mehmood Colony on a government vehicle. He said they used their cell phones to contact Zeeshan’s parents and demanded Rs400,000 ransom. He said police traced the numbers and arrested Faisal and Iqbal in a raid. Police said Faisal was the secretary to Rana Ahsan Javed, an adviser to the minister for minority rights.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 10th, 2016.