ISLAMABAD: Case filed against CIA men

Published December 17, 2001

ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: The police have registered a case against CIA officials on charges of illegally detaining a person and taking Rs8,000 to release him, the R.A Bazaar police said.

Manzoor Ahmed, a resident of Azizabad, lodged an FIR with the police, saying the accused policemen came to his shop and took him to the CIA police centre. The illegally detained him and was released only after he paid Rs8,000 to them.— Staff Reporter

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