NAWABSHAH: Highway blocked

Published January 26, 2004

NAWABSHAH, Jan 25: Several Unnar tribesmen of Sakrand blocked the National Highway on Saturday to protest against police failure to recover two Unnar tribesmen who were kidnapped about 15 days ago.

Ghulam Fareed, 16, son of Mohammad Ramazan Unnar, and Akhtar Ali, 19, son of Mitho Unnar, were missing since the last 15 days and an FIR had been lodged by Ghulam Fareed's father with the Sakrand police in this connection against 18 Keerio tribesmen.

The protesters demanded that the police should immediately arrest the accused and recover the kidnapped boys.

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