Police rescue abducted child, four kidnappers apprehended

The Anti-Violent Crime Cell with the assistance of the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee rescued an abducted child on Friday and arrested a gang of kidnappers comprising two men and two women.

Four-year-old Tayyab, son of Rab Nawaz, was kidnapped on October 17 while he was playing outside his house in the Jackson police remit.

The family had publicised the missing of the child in newspapers of October 18 and on October 19, they had received calls from different numbers claiming to be in possession of the child and demanding ransom for his release.

The family approached police and the CPLC for assistance. Joint teams of the CPLC and the AVCC were formed to rescue the child.

The family was receiving calls from different people using different numbers which made it difficult for the investigation teams to filter out the genuine kidnapper.

With the assistance of technical details, the teams managed to trace the hideout of the kidnappers and raided a house in Gulshan-e-Maymar. There they found Tayyab and arrested three kidnappers, Salman, Shehreyar and Rukhsana.

The leader of the gang, Fauzia, was later arrested in Shirin Jinnah Colony. An FIR was lodged at the Jackson police station.

‘Murderers’ arrested

Police have arrested two suspected murderers who had recently killed a trader during a robbery.

The Yousuf Plaza police said on October 7, some men entered a warehouse in Block-16 of FB Area and snatched around Rs6,000 and a cell phone from 60-year-old Ahmed Nirajo. On resistance, they gunned down Nirajo.

Through CDR and IMEI record, raids were conducted in Khawaja Ajmir and Surjani Town and two suspects Saleem Shezada and Farooq Hussain were arrested. However, they were found to be innocent.

In subsequent raids in Gulshan and Shah Faisal Colony, Faisal Javed and Akbar Ali were arrested. They confessed to their involvement in the crime and witnesses at the warehouse also identified them.  Two stolen motorcycles and 30-bore pistols were found in their possession.