Boy kidnapped by two constables
Sources said that the constables worked in collaboration with a known leader of a ‘kidnapper’s clan’.
ISLAMABAD:
The capital police on Tuesday recovered a young boy from Charsadda who was allegedly kidnapped by two constables of the city police on October 15, high officials of the police said.
The police have suspended and arrested constables Shah Mansoor and Ghulam Farid.
Muhammad Alam, a resident of G-9/3, lodged a complaint with Margalla police that his son, Zubair Alam, was kidnapped by the accused from sector G-9/3 in broad daylight. The police had formed an investigation team led by the SHO Inspector Muhammad Hussain Lasi to probe into
the matter.
Sources said that the constables worked in collaboration with Dawood Khan, leader of a ‘kidnapper’s clan’ from Tungi, Charsadda. The kidnapped boy was taken to Tungi after abduction.
After being approached for ransom, the investigating officer, impersonating as a member of the family, dealt with the accused. The police were able to recover the boy and arrest the accused red-handed from Tungi. The constables will be produced before the court today (Wednesday).
The two policemen confessed that they went to the house of Alam in their uniform and kidnapped Zubair. Dawood Khan has not been arrested so far.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 10th, 2010.
The capital police on Tuesday recovered a young boy from Charsadda who was allegedly kidnapped by two constables of the city police on October 15, high officials of the police said.
The police have suspended and arrested constables Shah Mansoor and Ghulam Farid.
Muhammad Alam, a resident of G-9/3, lodged a complaint with Margalla police that his son, Zubair Alam, was kidnapped by the accused from sector G-9/3 in broad daylight. The police had formed an investigation team led by the SHO Inspector Muhammad Hussain Lasi to probe into
the matter.
Sources said that the constables worked in collaboration with Dawood Khan, leader of a ‘kidnapper’s clan’ from Tungi, Charsadda. The kidnapped boy was taken to Tungi after abduction.
After being approached for ransom, the investigating officer, impersonating as a member of the family, dealt with the accused. The police were able to recover the boy and arrest the accused red-handed from Tungi. The constables will be produced before the court today (Wednesday).
The two policemen confessed that they went to the house of Alam in their uniform and kidnapped Zubair. Dawood Khan has not been arrested so far.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 10th, 2010.