Terrifying: ‘Abductors cut off my tongue’

DERA GHAZI KHAN: A 15-year-old of Faridabad Colony, Dera Ghazi Khan, told police on Sunday that four men had abducted him while he was on his way to school after lunch break last week.

He said the kidnappers had cut off his tongue for raising a hue and cry. Police say they are yet to find evidence to corroborate his claims.

The boy said that he had fainted from excessive bleeding. When he regained consciousness, the abductors had abandoned him on a deserted road outside the city. A petrol station worker saw him and helped him inform his family.

Civil Lines police said they had registered a case. “However, we have found no evidence to support the boy’s claim.”

Published in The Express Tribune, August 22^nd,  2016.