KARACHI, Oct 2: The administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts in Karachi on Monday sent two accused, facing kidnapping for ransom charges, to jail and directed the investigation officer to submit a charge sheet against them.

Mohammad Shamim and Masood Alam were arrested by Orangi Town police and during interrogation they admitted kidnapping of children for ransom.

Police said the accused kidnapped three-and-a-half-year-old boy Fawad on Sept 18 in the Pirabad area and received Rs200,000 as ransom for his release.

The accused also abducted five-year-old Zainul Abideen in Orangi Town and received Rs50,000 as ransom in August. They were produced before Justice Amir Hani Muslim of the Sindh High Court. —PPI