MUZAFFARGARH: Police on Monday busted an inter-province gang of kidnappers and recovered a man who was abducted by them for ransom 13 days back.
Police recovered Rs2 million ransom money from the suspects also.
Ehsanullah, 65, was kidnapped on March 28 when he was on a morning walk in Khangarh city. His son, Muhammad Saad, lodged a complaint with the Khangarh Police Station.
On Monday, SP Investigation Ziaullah Khan told the media persons the suspects were demanding Rs5m ransom by contacting the Ehsanullah’s family through different phone numbers and received Rs2m to release him.
He said he gave the task to Khangarh SHO Muhammad Younas to trace the suspects with the latest technology and his team launched an investigation into the case.
The SP said the police conducted an operation and recovered Ehsanullah. He said eight members of the gang were arrested who were kidnapping people from different cities and getting ransom. He claimed that hundreds of anonymous mobile phone SIMs were also recovered from the suspects.
MDA: Multan Development Authority Director General Qaiser Saleem visited various sites to review the ongoing development projects.
Director Engineering Rana Wasim and Staff Officer Technical Aleem Majid also accompanied him.
Mr Saleem reviewed the traffic on U-turn in front of the Education University to improve the traffic flow on the Bosan Road and asked the director engineering to improve its design.
He did not like the results of the redesign of the Multan Model Town Chowk and the slow pace of work on the project. He sought a redesign of the roundabout to control the traffic flow.
The DG also visited Nagana Chowk, Saho Chowk and the NLC Bypass Chowk to immediately shift the power poles obstructing the development work. He issued directions for adequate lighting arrangements on the widened squares to avoid traffic accidents, widening of all the squares and construction of monuments within 15 days.
Briefing on the occasion, Director Engineering Rana Wasim said the work on the Model Town Chowk and MDA Chowk had entered its final stages.
Published in Dawn, April 12th, 2022
