Two kidnapped boys recovered

Published April 13, 2007

ISLAMABAD, April 12: The capital police on Thursday recovered two kidnapped boys and handed them over to their parents. A spokesman for the police said that Mohammad Bilal and Mohammad Zubair - students of class six and five respectively - were kidnapped when they were going to their school F.G Boys School, Peshawar Road from Allahabd, Rawalpindi.

The culprits made them unconscious, however, while travelling on the Kashmir Highway the boys regained their conscious and started shouting for help when they saw traffic police personnel.

On hearing them the police signalled to stop the vehicle - after a chase the culprits threw the children from the vehicle and managed to escape from the scene. The personnel informed the area police for investigations.

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