ISLAMABAD: Three sisters, who went missing on Aug 22, were recovered from Lahore, police said here on Friday.

Their father, a prayer leader at a mosque, had informed Sihala police on the day that his daughters left for their school in a van but did not return.

The girl’s father also inquired from the school administration but they informed him that his daughters were absent on that day.

“It was suspected that they might have been kidnapped,” the police said.

The investigators traced them in Lahore through the call records of their mobile phones which they had left at their home.

The investigators traced the location of the mobile phone numbers in Lahore after which a team was sent to the city which raided a house in Kot Abdul Malik along with the local police and recovered the girls. Two men were also arrested.

During interrogation, the girls denied they were kidnapped and told the police that they left their home on their own.

About a year ago the older two sisters developed a liking for two men working in the area, the police said, adding “they left their parents as they did not like the religious environment of their home”.

The youngest sister accompanied them as she wanted to see Lahore, the police quoted them as saying.

The three girls along with the two men were brought to Islamabad.

The girls were handed over to their parents while the men were sent behind bars.

Published in Dawn, August 27th, 2016

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