Ex-SHO among four booked for kidnapping

DIJKOT:

Batala Colony police have registered a case of kidnapping for ransom charges against a former SHO and three other suspects on the basis of the statement of the sister of a young man found in a private 'torture cell' in Bawa Wala. Two of the suspects were arrested from the spot.

According to the police, a case was registered on the complaint of Aabid Naseem, a resident of Chak No. 224-RB, that his brother, Ijaz Ahmed, who was working at the scrap shop of Mukhtar Ahmed had been kidnapped by former sub-inspector Mohsin Kamoka along with his private aides Noor Akbar, Tanveer, Shahzad and others, who had forcibly taken him away in a private vehicle.

The complainant stated that the victim was taken to a private torture cell located on Jhang Road, where he was subjected to torture and a ransom of Rs200,000 was demanded.

He added that the suspects repeatedly forced his brother to speak on the phone while he was being tortured.

The family managed to arrange the demanded amount and paid Rs200,000 at the Jhang Road truck stand, after which the accused released the victim.

Police officials said that on the application, a case was registered under Section 365-A against former SHO Mohsin Kamoka and three other suspects. The investigation into the case is under way.