GUJRAT: Police claimed on Thursday to have recovered a boy who had allegedly been kidnapped for ransom from a street near his school in New Model Town locality in Rehmania police precincts on Wednesday.

Police said Burhan (10) was kidnapped by two motorcyclists when he was returning home from school. On the complaint of the boy’s uncle, the police had registered a case against the unidentified kidnappers and started investigation.

During the initial investigation, footage of close-circuit TV (CCTV) cameras installed in the street showed that the suspects took away the boy wearing school uniform on a motorcycle.

Gujrat city DSP Aamir Sheeraiz said the suspects demanded ransom from the boy’s family for his safe release. He said Gujrat District Police Officer (DPO) Dr Mustanser Atta Bajwa constituted a team to trace and recover the boy.

The team recovered the boy in a raid conducted on a premises in downtown area of the city on Thursday.

The DSP said the police also detained some suspects allegedly involved in the kidnap for ransom, who were being interrogated.

Published in Dawn, March 14th, 2025