Police recover missing teenager from Jhat Pat

Say he admitted to leaving for Balochistan of his own will, wasn’t abducted

Gulshan-e-Maymar Police recovered 17-year old Adil on Tuesday, who was reported missing last Sunday, from Jhat Pat in Balochistan.

A case for his alleged abduction was registered against unidentified persons on behalf of Adil's father, Taj Alam, at Gulshan-e-Maymar Police Station.

However, according to a statement issued by the police, Adil has said that he left his house of his own will and was not kidnapped. The statement said that he told the police he reached Jhat Pat via Quetta. According to the statement, Adil's family told the police that he had contacted his cousin, admitting that he had left his house, and upon being informed of the development, the Gulshan-e-Maymar Police recovered Adil from Jhat Pat.

The police said further investigation of the case is underway.

According to the FIR, Alam's wife informed him of Adil's alleged abduction after she received a text message from his number, stating that some persons were taking him away in a black car. Alam told the police that thereafter, she had tried to contact him but since his phone was switched off, she filed a complaint with the police.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 4^th, 2020.