No headway yet in recovery of two seminary teachers abducted last week. PHOTO:FILE
Unidentified persons have kidnapped a female school teacher from Sarai Saleh area of Haripur, police said on Monday.
Police officials revealed Sadiq Shah of POF Colony, Havelian had reported that his 20-year-old daughter was employed at a private school in the Kholiyan Bala village. Four days earlier, she left for work but failed to return home. The father accused Talat Shah, son of Akhtar Shah, a relative from Gujjar Khan, of having abducted his daughter.
Police have registered a criminal case against Talat and his parents, however, the accused are still at large.
Seminary teachers still missing
The police are yet to make any headway in their investigation for the recovery of two seminary teachers kidnapped last week from Battal area of Mansehra.
Quoting Maulana Noor Wahid Shah, head of Madrassah Arbia Islamia, Battal, the police revealed that two teachers identified as Maualana Arshad Iqbal and Maulana Rizwanullah went to a local market after offering Asr prayers on Friday, but did not return.
Later, when the seminary administration tried to contact them on their cell phones, which were switched off, and despite repeated attempts no contact could be established.
The seminary head ruled out any concerns that the two teachers might have had suspicious backgrounds or family feuds. When approached for comments, Battal police said investigation was under way for the recovery of the missing seminary teachers.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 18th, 2014.
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