Police recover 6-month old baby, arrest kidnapper

Islamabad: Industrial Area police on Wednesday recovered a six-month old baby girl and arrested a female kidnapper along with his husband who abducted her from a day care centre in Sector I-8/2, a police spokesman said.

He said that Asim Waqar lodged a report with the Industrial Area Police Station that he and his wife serve at a private institution and they admitted their six-month old daughter `Rania’ in a day care centre at House 490, Street 48, Sector I-8/2. He said that staff of the day care centre on last day told his wife that Rania has been kidnapped by a maid namely Huma serving there.

Following this incident, Senior Superintendent of Police (Operations) Sajid Kiani assigned the task to SP (Industrial Area) Liaqat Hyat Niazi to ensure the recovery of the kidnapped baby. He constituted a special team under the supervision of SDPO Industrial Area Rana Abdul Wahab and SHO Qasim Niazi. The team worked hard and succeeded to arrest the female accused and her husband after raid at village `Dhareeka’ Jhang Bahatar. The accused was hiding in the house of her relatives and she told during the initial investigation that she kidnapped the baby as they had no child for the last four years.

IGP Islamabad Sultan Azam Temuri and SSP Islamabad Sajid Kiani have appreciated the performance of police team and announced special prizes and commendation certificates for team members including Sub-Inspector Aashiq Shah and Constable Azhar Javed.