QUETTA: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court comprising Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Muhammad Kamran Mulakhel has directed the provincial home secretary to submit a detailed report about the kidnapping of four employees of the Balochistan Rural Support Programme (BRSP) who were allegedly released after payment of ransom.

The bench was hearing on Thursday a petition filed by one Muhammad Din against the provincial government.

“In case the government fails to submit the report, then the home secretary should appear before the bench in person on the next date of hearing,” said the court directive.

According to the petition, six employees of the BRSP were kidnapped on December 13, 2011, from Barshor area of Pishin district. Of them Maqbool Ahmed and Abdul Ghafoor were shot dead by the captors while four others were released after payment of ransom.

The case would come for hearing on November 20.