An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday granted physical remand of six men who were arrested for kidnapping a six-year-old boy in the jurisdiction of Mandra Police Station.
ATC Special Judge Asif Majeed Awan handed the men over to the Mandra police for six days. The police had sought eight days remand.
The police informed the court that they arrested Hafiz Muhammad Azeem, a prayer leader at a mosque in Firash village, and the alleged mastermind, Bilal Masood, who provided the SIM used to make ransom demand calls to the boy’s father, Hafiz Muhammad Sajjad. The other arrested men are Azeem’s brother-in-law Hafiz Nisar Hussain, also a prayer leader, Hafiz Amir Shahzad, and Hafiz Munir Ahmed alias Kasuri. Suspect Hidayat Shah is still at large.
GA* was kidnapped on February 29. The police said that the accused men had collected the ransom before releasing the boy. *Name withheld to protect identity
Published in The Express Tribune, March 9th, 2016.
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