Kidnapping for ransom: Enquiry ordered against policemen
They threatened to book Iqbal in a fake heroin case if he failed to cough up the ransom money
PESHAWAR:
An enquiry has been ordered against Khazana police station sub inspector Farmanullah and four police constables: Khalid, Mir Aalam, Zulfiqar and Maqbool. They were all accused of kidnapping Muhammad Iqbal from Dagai village in Swabi. According to a police report, the five policemen took Iqbal to a hujra in Khazana village, held him hostage and asked him to pay Rs2 million as ransom. They threatened to book Iqbal in a fake heroin case if he failed to cough up the ransom money.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 28th, 2015.
An enquiry has been ordered against Khazana police station sub inspector Farmanullah and four police constables: Khalid, Mir Aalam, Zulfiqar and Maqbool. They were all accused of kidnapping Muhammad Iqbal from Dagai village in Swabi. According to a police report, the five policemen took Iqbal to a hujra in Khazana village, held him hostage and asked him to pay Rs2 million as ransom. They threatened to book Iqbal in a fake heroin case if he failed to cough up the ransom money.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 28th, 2015.