Recovered: Two released after ransom payment

FAISALABAD: Two boys kidnapped from close to Repel Plaza in People’s Colony a week ago were released on Sunday after a Rs1.5 million ransom was paid. Police said that on April 8, Talha Sabir, 22, and Hamza Sabir, 16, went missing along with the car. Later that night, the family received an anonymous phone call asking them to arrange Rs 2million to secure the release. The kidnappers called again, bargained with the family and settled for Rs 1.5million. On Sunday, the boys were released on payment of ransom.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 16^th, 2012.