Two kidnapped

Published March 4, 2002

HANGU, March 3: Two persons were kidnapped in the Kotakai area of Hangu district on Saturday.

The two men were going in their Datsun pick-up when the vehicle was intercepted by culprits who took them to an unknown place. The vehicle was later found abandoned near the Mohammad Khwaja area on Thall road.

The police have registered a case and were trying to recover them. The residents have voiced concern over the rising number of kidnapping cases in the area.

MISSING: Lal Siddique, son of Ghulam Nabi, resident of Mohallah Bahadar Garhi, has been missing mysteriously for the last two days. Locals feared that he might have been kidnapped for ransom.

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