QUETTA: The team that went for the recovery of two senior government officials, who were kidnapped a day earlier by unknown gunmen from Tump town in Balochistan’s Kech district, were also abducted today, DawnNews reported.

The recovery team was headed by Assistant Commissioner Dasht Naeem Ghichki and comprised two tehsildars and three Levies’ personnel. They were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from Gomazai who then took them to a nearby mountain.

The banned Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) had claimed responsibility for the first incident of kidnapping.

Earlier on Thursday, the deputy commissioner and the assistant commissioner of Kechh district were returning after a meeting with Iranian border officials when they were intercepted by dozens of armed men.

The gunmen had overpowered at least 18 staff and security personnel accompanying the two officials and ordered the convoy to follow them.

The gunmen had later allowed the staff and security personnel to go but took away the deputy commissioner and assistant commissioner.