Two kidnappers held

Published April 11, 2008

FAISALABAD, April 10: Civil Lines police on Thursday claimed to have arrested two kidnappers and recovered the boy who had been abducted from the Serena Hotel a few days back. Civil Lines SHO Muhammad Usman said that a raid on a tip was conducted at an outhouse near Sadhar bypass where kidnappers had chained Fahad Majeed, 14, in an isolated room. He said the police also arrested kidnappers Fazal Subhan and Raheem Gul from Bagh Khel Tungi, Bajaur Agency.

He said the boy was handed over to the family.

The accused had kidnapped Fahad Majeed of 759-B People’s Colony on April 7 from Serena Hotel where he had come to attend a function.

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