The arrested accused also tortured the kidnapper to put pressure on the kidnapper’s family and also made a video and sent a WhatsApp message to the family. File photo
Karachi: AVCC, CPLC and the federal sensitive agency conducted a joint operation and arrested 3 kidnappers, including the on-duty customs inspector involved in the kidnapping of a young citizen, and recovered the vehicle used in the kidnapping, the mobile phone of the abducted youth from their possession. , wallet, various cards and weapons recovered.
Yesterday, AVCC SSP Jameel Siddiq Changa while holding a press conference in his office along with CCPLC officials said that the arrested accused had armed a civilian named Mohammad Wajahat Nadeem from the premises of Brigade police station on December 3. He was kidnapped in a car with an official number plate, the arrested accused put a cloth over his face and took him to an unknown place.
Giving details, the SSP said that the kidnapper’s mobile phone demanded a ransom of 50,000 dollars from his family through cryptocurrency, which is one and a half million rupees in Pakistani currency, and threatened to kill the kidnapper in case of non-payment. In order to put pressure on the family of the abductor, the arrested accused also tortured the abductor and made a video and sent a WhatsApp message to the family.
He said that after the case of kidnapping of young Wajahat was registered in the Brigade Police Station No. 23/417, the investigation was transferred to AVCC, after which the abductors took action of the sensitive agencies including the police. The youth was released and went into hiding.
The SSP further said that efforts were being made to arrest the accused involved in the kidnapping of the kidnapped youth and during an operation, the present Customs Inspector Abdul Fateh son of Abdul Ghani and his 2 accomplices Rashid son of Zahid were involved in the kidnapping of the kidnapped youth Wajahat Nadeem. And Zubair son of Shaukat was arrested. The arrested abductor Abdul Fateh is a government employee as inspector in Collectorate and Customs Khuzdar, the arrested accused is a resident of Zubair Sukkur and was preparing for the competitive examination. The kidnappers kept the kidnapped youth in their hideout in Sukkur.
Zafar Siddique Chhanga said that the arrested kidnappers revealed during the investigation that they had planned to kidnap 2 more citizens and were to kidnap these 2 citizens at any time. He said that the police have obtained all the details about these two citizens from the arrested kidnappers. He said that 6 suspects are included in the arrested group involved in kidnapping-for-ransom incidents, out of which 3 suspects have been arrested.
SSPAVCC said that after assuming charge, they have solved 3 cases of kidnapping for ransom so far in which not only the accused were arrested but also recovered from the arrested accused. Haris, whose kidnapping case was registered in Gadap Town, and Yasir, the kidnapper, whose kidnapping case was registered in Mehmoodabad, were also successfully solved these days.
The abducted youth, Wajahat Nadeem, said that on the day of the abduction, he was standing with his friend near the house when the abductors shouted and took him away.
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