OKARA City News

Children kidnapping

Action stressed against 6 criminal gangs

From Our Correspondent

OKARA: PML-N leader Flt-Lt (retd) Chaudhry Muhammad Arshad Iqbal, patron-in-chief of the Okara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI), Thursday called for action against six criminal gangs which are involved in kidnapping of children.

Addressing a press conference, he said the first kind of gang belongs to beggars and they kidnap kids of two years old and use them for begging. He said the second category kidnap children and then maim them for begging, the third kidnap teenager children for ransom and the fourth category of gang kidnap children to remove their eyes, hearts, kidneys, livers, and other parts from their bodies and sell them for transplantation.

Arshad said the fifth gang kidnap children and remove their flesh and bones. He said the sixth gang kidnap children to use them in terror activities after their brainwashing. He said spreading of rumour of children kidnapping is the first and foremost weapon of such groups to spread harassment in society. He also urged parents to be vigilant.

WALL COLLAPSE CLAIMS 2 LIVES: Two people died when a wall fell on them on Thursday.

Rani Bibi, 20 and Aiysha Bibi, 10, of village 39/D were sitting near a wall of their house, when a tractor-trolley hit the wall. As a result, the wall collapsed on them, leaving both of them dead and another woman Mukhtaran Bibi wounded. Depalpur Sadar police have registered case.

FAKE MILK FACTORY: A fake milk factory was unearthed on Thursday.

On a tip-off, Assistant Commissioner Depalpur Imtiaz Ahmad Khan Khichi raided Musa Mohl village and unearthed a fake milk factory. Police arrested the owner.