Kidnapper dies in accident

Published May 18, 2007

SIALKOT, May 17: A kidnapper was killed while his three accomplices and an abducted girl were injured seriously in a road accident near Fazalabad on main Daska-Sialkot Road here on Wednesday night.

According to the FIR, Javaid alias Sharjeel, Adnan, Waqas and Mehboob abducted Sobia Iqbal at gunpoint from her house at Kot Karam Bukhash-Motra and fled away in a car. Near Fazalabad, their car hit a truck (RID-7861) coming from the opposite side due to which Mehboob was killed on the spot. Sharjeel, Adnan, Waqas and the girl received serious injuries. The injured accused threw the body on the way and fled away in a critical condition.

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