Minor girl kidnapped for ransom

Published October 3, 2007

TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 2: A three-year old girl was kidnapped for ransom from outside her house near Pirmahal on Tuesday.

Irfan Rashid told the police that his daughter Alisha was playing in the street when Shahid and his three accomplices kidnapped her. He said he later received a telephone call from the suspects who demanded Rs1 million ransom.

The police registered a case under sections 365, 363 and 470 of PPC and launched hunt for the arrest of the suspects.

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