Green town: One arrested in murder investigation

A man, whose identity card was used in an abduction-murder case, was taken into police custody on Monday.

LAHORE:


A man, whose identity card was used in an abduction-murder case, was taken into police custody on Monday.


Sub Inspector Rizwan of the Green Town police station said that the body of Muhammad Akram, 45, a scrap dealer near Mian Chowk, who was kidnapped for ransom on September 15, was found in a drain a few days later.


The kidnappers had demanded Rs1 million as ransom, which was deposited in a bank account by the family of the deceased.

He said that on Monday they had arrested the person whose NIC was used.

The arrested person is a journalist and has claimed that he had lost his NIC two months ago.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 20th,  2011.
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