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KARACHI, Sept 19: An anti-terrorism court on Friday recorded arguments from both sides on a bail application of a woman suspect in a case pertaining to the kidnap of an eight-year-old boy for ransom and reserved its order till Sept 24.
The suspect, Naila, through her counsel moved a bail application in the ATC-I, stating that she had no role in the kidnap of the boy and that the main suspect had just handed over the kidnapped boy to her.Adnan Ahmed Khan and Naila have been charged with kidnapping an eight-year-old boy, Arsalan, on August 13 from the limits of the Sachal police station. The prosecution said that the accused demanded Rs1 million as a ransom from the family of the victim. However, the victim’s family members reported the matter to the area police.
Subsequently, a team of the Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC) in coordination with the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) conducted a raid on a house on September 15 in Gulzar-i-Hijri area and arrested the couple and recovered the kidnapped child from their custody.
During the initial interrogation, the couple told the police that they were fond of each other but lacked the means to tie the knot and due to that reason they planned the kidnapping to overcome their financial problem.
A case against the suspects was registered under Section 365-A of the Pakistan Penal Code read with Section 7 of the ATA at the Sachal police.
Remanded
A judicial magistrate, West, remanded a suspect in police custody till Sept 24 for his alleged involvement in a burglary.
The police said that the suspect, Mohammad Tahir, along with his associates forcefully entered the house of the complainant, Mohammad Sadiq, on Sept 16, 2008 in the limits of the Pakistan Bazaar police station and deprived him of cash and other valuables. Later, the police arrested Tahir while his accomplices Babar, Waseem, and Safi managed to escape. A case under Sections 392 and 454 of the Pakistan Penal Code was registered against the suspects at the Pakistan Bazar police station.
