Kidnapping: MNA’s brother abducted

SHO A Division police said they had also recovered a motorcycle and some weapons used by the kidnappers.

SHEIKHUPURA: Sheikhupura police claimed on Tuesday to have arrested one of the two men who kidnapped brother of a member of National Assembly from his home early in the day. They identified the suspect as Azizur Rehman, a resident of Bhati Chowk. SHO A Division police Rai Nasir Abbass Kharal said they had also recovered a motorcycle and some weapons used by the kidnappers. Two policemen were shot and injured by the kidnappers while chasing them on their way out of the city on Sharqpur Road. They were driving away after kidnapping Mian Amjad Latif, brother of MNA Mian Javed Latif. Latif’s family said the kidnappers shot him in the leg and beat up others on putting up resistance. Meanwhile, a protest demonstration was staged by supporters of the PML-N  MNA against the incident. They blocked the main road connecting the city to Faisalabad, Gujranwala and Sargodha by burning used tyres. Businesses in the city observed a partial strike on the call of the PML-N Sheikhpura chapter. Sheikhupura DPO said he was personally monitoring progress in the case.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 2^nd, 2012.