SWABI, Aug 30: Three school-going children of a police officer, who were abducted three days ago, were recovered from Lahore in a police raid on Saturday.

Since the happening of the incident the police officials had not made it public.

Sources said that three sons of a SHO, Manawar Khan, were abducted when they were on their way to a private school in Swabi from Mardan.

They said that Sajjid, a student of class 8th, Aamir class 5th and Dawood class 3, were picked up by unidentified persons and taken to Lahore in a truck.

Sources said that the arrested man after interrogation pinpointed the place where the children were kept. The Lahore police recovered them and handed them over to their parents.

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