‘Abducted’ minor girls recovered

Police have recovered two young sisters, allegedly abducted during Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, and arrested three suspects.

As per details, a man, named Zubair Ahmed, resident of Quaid-e-Azam Colony in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, along with two daughters of his nephew - two-year-old Bushra and three-year-old Anabiya - and other family members had gone to Seaview beach on April 24. He pulled up near a restaurant to buy some refreshments and the children got down and started playing near the car. Bushra and Anabiya went missing in the huge rush of beachgoers. Zubair reported the incident to Darakhshan police.

Police obtained CCTV footage and conducted geo-fencing during which they found several suspicious phone numbers. Their investigation spotted a woman who was present at the Seaview at the time of the incident.

Police traced her with the help of her mobile phone number and raided a location in Hijrat Colony. They took a woman Gulshan Bibi, and her husband, named Saeedul Haq, into custody after recovering Bushra from their house.

On the pointation of the accused, police conducted another raid in Korangi and arrested a real sister of the accused after recovering Anabiya from her house.

According to police, the accused in their initial statement told the investigators that they had found the two little girls abandoned at Seaview. "We searched for their family but could not find them, therefore we brought them home," they claimed.