Shahbaz Taseer abduction: Family denies receiving ransom demand
Shahbaz Taseer’s family has denied reports of a ransom demand for Rs2 billion.
LAHORE:
Taseer’s aunt Ayesha Tammy Haq told The Express Tribune that news surfacing in the media about a ransom demand from the abductors is “absolutely baseless”. She said the family has not received a call from the abductors, adding that false reports such as these were only bound to hamper the investigation process.
A police investigator confirmed that the abductors have not made contact with the family as yet. However, he added that the police still believed that the abduction was for ransom. He said that the police are investigating the matter, but have no lead into the case as yet.
Due to overlapping fingerprints, NADRA records were unable to produce a match, he said, adding they were only able to get a match for one person who turned out to be the Taseer family’s servant, Mushtaq.
Similarly, no fingerprints were recovered from the 222 gun that the authorities found near Pak Plaza. The investigator said that records of Tracker companies have been handed over to the police and while all the data was being analysed, no major breakthrough in the case has been made thus far.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 7th, 2011.
Taseer’s aunt Ayesha Tammy Haq told The Express Tribune that news surfacing in the media about a ransom demand from the abductors is “absolutely baseless”. She said the family has not received a call from the abductors, adding that false reports such as these were only bound to hamper the investigation process.
A police investigator confirmed that the abductors have not made contact with the family as yet. However, he added that the police still believed that the abduction was for ransom. He said that the police are investigating the matter, but have no lead into the case as yet.
Due to overlapping fingerprints, NADRA records were unable to produce a match, he said, adding they were only able to get a match for one person who turned out to be the Taseer family’s servant, Mushtaq.
Similarly, no fingerprints were recovered from the 222 gun that the authorities found near Pak Plaza. The investigator said that records of Tracker companies have been handed over to the police and while all the data was being analysed, no major breakthrough in the case has been made thus far.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 7th, 2011.