Police have detained three boys and are questioning them about three schoolgirls who went missing in the Saudabad locality on Friday.
All students of ninth grade, Bisma, Iqra and Rabia, went to school in the Saudabad area of the Malir district but did not return home. Their parents registered a case of their disappearance at Saudabad Police Station late on Friday night. They said they dropped their daughters at school, but the school administration claimed that the three were found absent.
Police claimed that the girls were in contact with the detained boys, identified as Shabee, Ali and Muddasir, whose cellphones contained text messages exchanged with the girls.
They said one girl’s mobile phone had been traced to an area adjacent to Ayesha Bawani School on Sharea Faisal. The police said they were unsure if the girls had been abducted or they had themselves disappeared. However, they said, raids were being carried out for their immediate recovery. —Online
Minister meets parents
Taking notice of the schoolgirls going missing, the provincial social welfare minister met the SSP Korangi and the girls’ parents.
The minister, Shamim Mumtaz, directed SSP Korangi Nauman Ahmed Siddique, investigation officer Haider Raza, DSP Hassan Raza, SIO Aslam Mughal and Saudabad SHO Muhammad Ali to investigate the matter on a priority basis and rescue the missing girls at the earliest.
She also met the parents of missing girls and the three young men arrested in connection with the case. Mumtaz directed the police interrogate the youth, but refrain from torturing them.
She assured the parents of the missing girls that they would be found soon.
The SSP Korangi informed the minister that investigation was under way and girls would be found soon. He added that the three girls were friends and CCTV footage showed that the girls had not reached their school on Friday. He said the cell phone of one of the girls was traced to Liaquatabad at 2am on Saturday and found to be switched off.
