DERA MURAD JAMALI: A group of men kidnapped two truck drivers from Bakhtairabad and Baghbana areas of Khuzdar and Lehri districts on Tuesday.

According to sources, a truck carrying coal to a destination in Sindh from Quetta was intercepted by the armed men on the National Highway near Bakhtairabad area of Lehri district and forced the driver to go with them.

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The driver, identified as Asmatullah Kakar, could not be traced, said a Levies official. However, every effort was being made to trace him, he added.

The area from where the driver was kidnapped had become a flash point where armed groups easily move without any fear of law enforces.

During the last couple of months, a large number of truck drivers had been kidnapped from this point and released after payment of ransom.

Our Khuzdar Correspondent says that a group of armed men blocked the National Highway near Baghbana area of Khuzdar district late on Monday night, intercepted a truck and kidnapped its driver Muhammad Ramzan. He was on way to Khuzdar.

Security personnel have yet to trace whereabouts of the kidnapped driver.

Published in Dawn, July 9th, 2014