SIALKOT, Aug 9: Ten gunmen kidnapped three members of a family from their house in Shamsa Cheema village in Daska tehsil on Saturday.

Landlord Ghulam Mustafa Cheema told Bambanwala police that Mukhtar, Umar, Tariq Mahmood, Navid, Rana Ziaul Haq, Navid Ahmad, Karamat, Ghulam Farid, Nasim and Abid, entered his house and opened fire at his family members. They had to lie on the ground to save their lives. The intruders kidnapped Nadar Siddiq, Ehsanul Haq and Amanullah.

Later, they called him by phone and demanded Rs200,000 ransom for their release.

Police have registered a case without any arrest.

compensation: Thousands of farmers in Pasrur tehsil’s villages along the Sialkot working boundary are still waiting for the financial compensation promised to them by the Punjab governor about a year ago.

Pasrur Nazim Maqsood Ahmad told newsmen that due to tension between Pakistan and India during 2001-02, the armed forces had planted landmines in villages near the border, because of which thousands of farmers were unable to cultivate seasonal crops for four consecutive years. During his visit to Chawinda (Pasrur tehsil) in Sept 2002, Punjab Gov Khalid Maqbool had announced compensation for the affected farmers.