Kidnappers held, body of abductee recovered

The accused had brutally murdered the deceased after kidnapping the lady for ransom.


Our Correspondent February 18, 2025
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KARACHI:

Sindh Rangers and Anti-Violent Crime Cell conducted a joint operation based on intelligence information in Surjani Town, and arrested two accused Waseem Raza and Nix, involved in kidnapping for ransom, and recovered the body of the kidnapped woman.

The accused had brutally murdered the deceased after kidnapping the lady for ransom. According to the spokesperson, Sindh Rangers received information that some culprits had kidnapped a woman, Sahar Fatima, from Gulberg Town and are now demanding a ransom of Rs10 million for her release.

Following this, Sindh Rangers and Anti-Violent Crime Cell conducted a joint operation and arrested the kidnappers. During the initial investigation, the accused revealed that on February 15, they kidnapped a woman named Sahar Fatima for ransom and kept her in a rented house in Hassan Barohi Goth, Surjani Town.

They tied the hands and feet of the kidnapped woman, and made a video of her and sent it to the kidnapped woman's father and demanded a ransom of Rs10 million. When the ransom was not received, the accused brutally killed the woman.

On the identification of the accused, the body of the kidnapped woman was recovered from a house located in Hassan Barohi Goth. The body has been shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for postmortem.

An FIR of the incident has been registered at Yousaf Plaza police station, District Central. The arrested accused has been handed over to the Anti-Violent Crime Cell for further legal action.

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