LAHORE: The body of a kidnapped man who was tortured and killed by his captors despite getting a ransom was recovered from a drain in the Raiwind City area on Thursday.

A father of three, Asim Hussain was a resident of Madina Town, Lahore. His wife, Kaneez Fatima, had lodged a case of his abduction on March 12.

The sources said that the kidnappers had called his wife and demanded a ransom of Rs500,000 for his release. They said the criminals did obtain the amount but did not free Asim.

A senior officer said the police had arrested two suspects in the kidnap case and shifted them to the police station for interrogation.

He said the main accused, a business partner of the deceased, was on pre-arrest bail.

During the course of investigation, the two suspects confessed to killing Asim and took the police to the site where they had dumped his body.

Published in Dawn, April 5th, 2024

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