Pakistan

Three Indians identified in Col Zahir's abduction

All three persons involved are Indians

Khalid Mehmood April 18, 2017

Lt Col (retd) Muhammad Habib Zahir went missing from Nepal on April 6. Photo: FILE

ISLAMABAD: At least three more characters involved in the kidnapping of Pakistan Army’s Colonel (retd) Habib Zahir in Nepal have been unearthed and a whole network of Indian agencies seems to be implicated in the kidnapping.

All three persons involved are Indians and they include one who booked his air ticket, another who booked his hotel room and the third one who received him at Lumbini airport.

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Safal Choudhry, an Indian citizen, purchased ticked for Col (retd) Zahir from Precious Travel and Tours in Kathmandu. His mobile number is 9804815702. A lady named Sabu Raju booked hotel room for Col Zahir in Hyatt Regency. She works as a marketing manager in a company in Kathmandu. Another Indian citizen, Doli Ranchel, received Zahir at Lumbini airport. Ranchel arrived in Kathmandu on 4 April which proves that he was not staying in Nepal and had gone there just for this particular purpose.

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According to new disclosures, Col (retd) Zahir was in correspondence through a website since January and he was trapped into a conspiracy with an email written in the name of Mark Thomson. The hotel booking was made for him for April 6-9. The date of his interview was changed several times. He was kidnapped by Indian intelligence agencies as soon as he landed at Kathmandu airport.

Pakistan is in constant touch with the Nepal government and the two countries are cooperating with each other.

COMMENTS (9)

Awais | 7 years ago | Reply @Xian: i haven't seen any of Bollywood movie from last 2 or 3 years.

Faraz | 7 years ago | Reply Indiscriminate killings of unarmed civilians, blinding children through pellet guns, deploying human shields, entrapping and kidnapping foreign citizens; India has all the hallmarks of a rogue state.

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FAZ | 7 years ago | Reply @wiserneighbour: Give up Kalbushan for a retired colonel? Not so wise dear neighbour.

Xian | 7 years ago | Reply @Awais: You are watching too many Bollywood movies.

Awais | 7 years ago | Reply @wiserneighbour: Don't mix up the two events. Kulbushan is a serving officer in Indian Navy while the later is a retired officer of Pak Army. Can you please give any logic for presence of a serving officer in another country even if he was staying in Iran.? He has already committed in front of media for the reason behind his presence in Pakistan. Secondly, the retired Col. was trapped with a proper planning. So at-least Indian government can't portray him as a spy of any Pakistani agencies. Everybody knows, he is kidnapped to make a deal for Kulbushan's release, which will never happen. It is just a failed attempt by Indian agency.!

Bilal | 7 years ago | Reply @wiserneighbour Kulbushan was captured from baluchistan amd not Iran. If he had been captured from Iran the Iranian govt would have had a thing or two to say about it. So stop with your ill thought unreasonable bias.

Abdul Awwal | 7 years ago | Reply He should have used HIS intelligence.

Lalit | 7 years ago | Reply Who has unearthed all this information ? To whom does this treasure trove of information is attributed ? Any govt, agency, spokesperson or individual certifying this information or is it just some wild guesses of people sitting in Pindi?if you know so much than what is the problem in getting the whereabouts of your officer ?

wiserneighbour | 7 years ago | Reply The game is open for both sides.If one guy can be captured from Iran,so is the other guy from Nepal.

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