Kidnapped toddler rescued within hours

Victim was abducted by two suspects, one of whom was arrested

OKARA:

A kidnapped four-year-old child, who was abducted for a ransom of Rs10 million from Usman Block area, was safely recovered by the police on Saturday and arrested the main accused along with his accomplice.

According to DPO Mansoor Aman, the four-year-old son of Aziz Haseeb, a man close to former provincial minister Mian Yawar Zaman, was forcibly abducted by two unknown suspects. Meanwhile, the abductors also tortured the child’s grandmother.

As soon as the incident was reported, DSP Headquarters Meher Yousaf, DSP Organized Crime Zafar Dogar, SHO Ejaz Bhatti, SHO Fakhar Watto and SHO Rab Nawaz took strict notice of the incident and formed special teams to arrest the abductors. Sensitive agencies and the police’s IT branch also provided assistance.

After twenty-four hours, police teams not only arrested the accused kidnapper, Arshad, but also rescued the kidnapped child safely and reunited him with his parents.

DPO Mansoor Aman told Express Tribune that Arshad had taken the child's grandmother's mobile phone with him at the time of the abduction. He kept using another SIM in the phone, which was traced by the police with the help of a locator provided by a sensitive organization. The accused was called by his girlfriend and mother to the pharmacy of Hospital Bazar, from where he was arrested in a dramatic manner.

According to SHO A Division Police Station Ejaz Bhatti, police also arrested one of Arshad’s accomplices and have widened the scope of the investigation. There is also a strong possibility of the woman's involvement with the accused. Police are investigating in this regard.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 24^th, 2023.