TANK: Unknown armed men kidnapped two labourers from a brick kiln in Sheikh Sultan village here and shifted them to an undisclosed location on Sunday night.

Owner of the brick kiln, Afnan, told Gomal police station officials that at midnight four unknown armed men entered the brick kiln and whisked away Akram Shah of Groh Shahda and Mohammad Ramazan of Jehangirabad Kulachi at gunpoint. The workers were sleeping at the brick kiln. The police lodged FIR and started investigations.

Published in Dawn, May 7th, 2019

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