Khairpur police recover girl

SUKKUR: The Khairpur Police recovered a girl from Rajanpur of Khairpur, who was allegedly kidnapped and sold.

ASP Khairpur Saad Arshad said the woman police in-charge Razia Shar had recovered the girl, identified as of Sania Arshad Bhatti, resident of Faisalabad. He said the girl told the police that her aunt Shahnaz had brought her to Hyderabad and sold her to Hussain Gul Rajper for Rs200,000.

She said in the absence of Rajper, she managed to escape and later was taken into custody by woman police from Ranipur bus stop. ASP City said the police conducted raid to arrest the gang. They also produced the girl before the court, where the court finally ordered the police to hand over the girl to her parents.

Meanwhile, the ASP City said A-Section Police Khairpur had signaled a car to stop at IBA Community College near National Highway in Khairpur but the driver tried to speed away. The police pursued but the criminals abandoned the car and escaped. Later, the car was found to be snatched from Akhtar Colony, Mahamoodabad Police Station, Karachi.