QUETTA: A polio worker and three Levies personnel, who were kidnapped two days ago in Awaran district, were released on Wednesday.

Official sources said: “The three Levies personnel and the polio worker reached home in the evening.”

On Monday, the deputy commissioner was coming back to Awaran after launching an anti-polio campaign in different areas of the district when his convoy came under fire in Gishek area.

The deputy commissioner and his armed escort remained unhurt.

However, the fleeing militants took away the three Levies men and polio worker.

The banned Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) had claimed responsibility for the attack and kidnappings.

No details were immediately available whether any ransom was paid to the kidnappers for their release.

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